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Reading Max Weber in praise of proportion and perspective reminded me of you-know-who…

This is the psychological quality of the politician: his ability to let realities work upon him with inner concentration and calmness. Hence his distance to things and men. ‘Lack of distance’ per se is one of the deadly sins of every politician. For the problem is simply how can warm passion and a cool sense of proportion be forged together in one and the same soul?

ps. How cool?