That contrasts with Conservatism, which has traditionally been more sceptical, recognising the "crooked timber of humanity".

He regularly invoked Kant in reproof: "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

Berlin's favorite maxim was from Immanuel Kant: "Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made, nothing entirely straight can be built."

For him, to leave the sacred books to try to straighten out the crooked timber of humanity was painful.

The crooked timber of humanity, and the greed creed status quo is an acceptable and amicable status quo.

Conservatives appreciate the crooked timber of humanity - that human beings are not simply organisms within systems, but have minds and inclinations of their own that usually defy planners.

"Of the crooked timber of humanity, nothing straight was ever made."

The crooked timber of humanity - it always comes down to the crooked timber.

As I say, it always comes down to the crooked timber of humanity.

She recalled Bartlett's words about the "crooked timber of humanity."