{Utopian Politics}[21st November 1976]

[Redbook2:87][19761121:1109a]{Utopian Politics}[21st November 1976]

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In the absence of a strong ethos of duty, there may be vast differences between the politician who rises to power within an existing party political structure developed by others and one who plans a new structure for new hard times. The differences are of temperament, and motivation: the first may seek to make use of an existing power-base for his own ends; the second, if he is not a revolutionary exploiter of trouble, may seek to make use of his own powers for the sake of something other than himself.

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I met CB again on Friday, for the first time for some months.

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