Richard Crossman Quotes

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The Civil Service is profoundly deferential — 'Yes, Minister! No, Minister! If you wish it, Minister!'

Richard Crossman

I say to myself that I mustn't let myself be cut off in there, and yet the moment I enter my bag is taken out of my hand, I'm pushed in, shepherded, nursed and above all cut off, alone. Whitehall envelops me.

Richard Crossman

[To strip away] the thick masses of foliage which we call the myth of democracy.

Richard Crossman

Six intellectuals describe the journey into Communism and the return. They saw it first from a long way off... as a vision of the Kingdom of God on earth.

Richard Crossman

One of the difficulties of politics is that politicians are shocked by those who are really prepared to let their thinking reach any conclusion. Political thinking consists in deciding upon the conclusion first and then finding good arguments for it. An open mind is considered irresponsible- and perhaps it really is.

Richard Crossman

Richard Crossman

Richard Crossman

Born: December 15, 1907

Died: April 5, 1974 (aged 66)

Bio: Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, sometimes known as Dick Crossman, was a British Labour Party leader in Parliament, He was a leader of the party's Zionists and anti-communists. Late in his life, Crossman was editor of the New Statesman.

Known for:

The Crossman diaries
Plato today (1937)
Diaries of a Cabinet Minister
The backbench diaries of Richard Crossman

Richard Crossman on Wikipedia

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