“What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means.” MeanWarMatterMoralModernGenuineCivil WarConsensusModern Politics Book:After Virtue Source: After Virtue
“Consensus politics means that you cannot afford to give the many-headed beast, the public, anything to vote against, for voting against is what gargantuan pseudodemocracy has to come down to.” GivingMeanVoteBeastVotingConsensus Book:The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings Source: The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings