Conservatism Is Death Quotes

“Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they abate the active powers of men; depress courage, invention, and genius; and produce a universal lethary in the people.”
― David Hume

“In the last several decades, academia has more and more adamantly taught that “understanding the experiences of others” is the highest aspiration of the responsible reader... “Understanding the experiences of…” is a euphemism for coming to feel sympathy for the kind of person who has written a book, though progressives have also become profoundly critical of the idea that one kind of man may identify his own struggles with the life of another kind of man.”
― Joshua Gibbs, Love What Lasts: How to Save Your Soul From Mediocrity