Quote of the Week: George Santayana, “The Sense of Beauty; being The Outlines of Æsthetic Theory”
“§14. The function of reproduction carries with it not only direct modifications of the body and mind, but a whole set of social institutions, for…
Civil Society
Quote of the Week: John C. Calhoun, “A Disquisition on Government”
“If man had been differently constituted in either particular ;– if, instead of being social in his nature, he had been created without sympathy for…
Quote of the Week: Robert Nisbet, “The Quest For Community”
“The intensity of theoretical interest in the family has curiously enough arisen in direct proportion to the decline of the family’s basic institutional importance to…
Quote of the Week: Fabian Tassano, “Mediocracy”
“Mediocracy cannot permit genuine dissent. Apart from the fact that its ideology cannot be questioned, there is a risk that its high culture will be…
Quote of the Week: Cory Bernardi, “The Conservative Revolution”
“Historically the male role has been seen to be one of protector and breadwinner. In many instances they have also served as the authority figure…
Quote of the Week: Cory Bernardi, “The Conservative Revolution”
“The principles which have guided mankind for centuries provide a very clear map of the path we should take. In fact, they should be entirely…
Quote of the Week: Lawrence Auster, “The Path to National Suicide”
“Almost overnight, without debate or public awareness of what was happening, mainstream opinion adopted a radical new credo. ‘We must respect all cultures equally,’ ‘All…
Quote of the Week: Cory Bernardi, “The Conservative Revolution”
“The genuinely conservative government will not shy away from drawing necessary distinctions between what is compatible with a free society and what is not conducive…
Quote of the Week: Edmund Burke, “An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs”
“We have obligations to mankind at large, which are not in consequence of any special voluntary pact […] Our country is not a thing of…
Quote of the Week: Roger Scruton, “The Need for Nations”
“It is my contention that people need to identify themselves through a first person plural if they are to accept the sacrifices required by society….