"Modern systematic politics, whether liberal, conservative, radical, or socialist, simply has to be rejected from a standpoint that owes genuine allegiance to the tradition of the virtues; for modern politics itself expresses in its institutional forms a systematic rejection of that tradition"

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Source : Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.295, A&C Black

Alasdair MacIntyre

#Rejection Quotes #Systematic Quotes #Conservative Quotes

“The French - they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.”
“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.”
“I do love the beginning of the summer hols,' said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.' 'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop.”

Source : "Five Go Off in a Caravan". Book by Enid Blyton, www.theguardian.com. 1946.
“Getting a woman's body and getting her heart are two different things. And gaining her trust is another problem entirely.”

Source : Lora Leigh (2016). “Wicked Pleasure:”, p.136, St. Martin's Griffin
“Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.”
“A compassionate attitude helps you communicate more easily with your fellow human beings. As a result, you make more genuine friends and the atmosphere around you is more positive, which gives you greater inner strength. This inner strength helps you spontaneously concern yourself with others, instead of thinking only about yourself.”
“We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.”
“That is the wearisome part of business - there is no peace, no sense of certain, permanent achievement, no stability. The unexpected, and usually the awful, is forever happening.”

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