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The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and read more
The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders.
All that Communism needs to make it successful is someone to feed and clothe it.
All that Communism needs to make it successful is someone to feed and clothe it.
Glory is the child of peril.
Glory is the child of peril.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to read more
War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or ideal, there would be no wars.
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no read more
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing read more
The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.
