Weber

"The honor of the civil servant is vested in his ability to execute conscientiously the order of the superior authorities, exactly as if the order agreed with his own conviction. This holds even if the order appears wrong to him and if, despite the civil servant’s remonstrances, the authority insists on the order. Without this moral discipline and self-denial, in the highest sense, the whole apparatus would fall to pieces. The honor of the political leader, of the leading statesman, however, lies precisely in an exclusive personal responsibility for what he does, a responsibility he cannot and must not reject or transfer. It is in the nature of officials of high moral standing to be poor politicians, and above all, in the political sense of the word, to be irresponsible politicians" (p. 95).

Explanation:

There are divisions in politics everywhere, and Weber points out the obvious divisions.  Not only are there divisions but the levels they work at are prominent too; the way that they carry out their duties is very different.  The civil servant thrives to do what is right, maybe not in his eyes but in the eye of his employer, or the person above him; therefore they act with "honor" and willingness to carry out their tasks.  The civil servant has to please the person above him, while the political leader serves to carry out and please himself,  He makes it a "personal responsibility" as Weber mentions.  The point he makes is that those in higher power, are not the ones who truly "honor" anything but what they want.  They are poor politicians.  Those below have the true meaning at heart and tend to be more hands on, and more loyal to his duties overall being a better. 

Why I chose it...

I chose this passage because it's so true still to this day.  Weber said this so long ago and it still holds true to politics here in this world, day and age.  It scarily true and if people were able to see that maybe more would change.