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Nov
14

Brutus

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The name of Brutus is synonymous in Ancient Rome with resistance to tyranny. The first famous Brutus, Lucius Junius Brutus, led the revolution against the last King of Rome which ushered in the great ... [More]


May
02

Partisanship

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“The ruling President, acting for what he supposed to be the best interests of the country, by one of his last acts of power, deliberately intended to perpetuate the principles of his administra... [More]


Jan
14

George F. Will

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With his usual eloquence Will clarifies the difference between actual conservatism (I call this true liberalism) and various brands of populism masquerading as conservatism. It’s not about the ... [More]


“The Italian tragedy, in my opinion, had its beginnings in August 1939, when, having gone to Salzburg on my own initiative, I suddenly found myself face to face with the cynical German determina... [More]


Dec
23

Edmund Burke

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“I have observed that the philosophers in order to insinuate their polluted atheism into young minds systematically flatter all their passions natural and unnatural. They explode or render odio... [More]


Jun
19

Edmund Burke

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“These professors of the rights of men are so busy in teaching others, that they have not leisure to learn anything themselves; otherwise they would have known, that it is to the property of the... [More]


Jun
07

Edmund Burke

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“To avoid therefore the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinancy and the blindest predjudice, we have consecreated the state, that no man should ap... [More]