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“Throughout this book I have tried to point out why interest, especially as it has been used by people such as Hume, Smith, Tocqueville, and Weber, is still a very useful concept. One reason why the concept of interest imparts a distinct dynamic to the analysis is that it is mainly interest which makes people takes action. It supplies the force that makes people get up at dawn and work very hard throughout the day. Combined with interests of others, it is a force that can move mountains and create new societies.”

Interest Adam Smith David Hume Economic Sociology Max Weber Alexis De Tocqueville

Book:Principles of Economic Sociology

Source: Principles of Economic Sociology

“I think, if people actually read Calvin, rather than read Max Weber, he would be rebranded. He is a very respectable thinker. And one of the crucial things he brings to me, is that the encounter with another being is an . . . occasion in which you can, to the best of your ability, honour the other person as being someone sent to you by God.”

Protestant Work Ethic John Calvin Max Weber

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.”

Max Weber Sociologist

Book:From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology

Source: From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology

“A slightly different version of the argument--this is really the core of Max Weber's reflections on the subject--is that a bureaucracy, once created, will immediately move to make itself indispensable to anyone trying to wield power, no matter what they wish to do with it. The chief way to do this is always by attempting to monopolize access to certain key types of information.”

Bureaucracy Max Weber Information Access

Author:David Graeber

“Irrespective, he blames other people for all of those things, including forgetting his passport. I guess that's what it's like to live in a bubble, like Mark does. But a bubble implies flimsy transparency, a diaphanous space where you can see a normal life just beyond your grasp. And what Mark inhabits is more like a thick opaque dome, a murky fortress that separates him from the rest of the world. When you have so many other people doing things for you professionally and personally, you stop taking responsibility for any of it. Max Weber said that dealing with unintended consequences of your actions is what political responsibility is. This guy can't even take responsibility for leaving his passport at home, let alone influencing the US election.”

Immaturity Whistleblower Political Commentary Political Responsibility Mark Zuckerberg Max Weber Out Of Touch With Reality Irresponsible People Manchild Out Of Touch Billionaires

Book:Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Source: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

“Weber, once said three qualities are decisive for political leaders: "passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion." A great statesman, however, has additional advantages: strength of soul, firmness, sound judgment, self-confidence and shrewdness. An effective national strategy depends not only on good ideas, but firmness in carrying them forward. If a nation cannot promote, within itself, great statesmen or strategists, then it may lose ground to other nations. J.R.Nyquist”

Strategy Statesman Max Weber

Author:J.R.Nyquist