"To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss."

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Source : "On Being Conservative". Essay by Michael Joseph Oakeshott, 1956.

Michael Joseph Oakeshott

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“Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his heart and the height of his condition, his mighty confidence and contempt of danger, his true security and repose in himself, his liberty to dare and do what he pleaseth, his alacrity in the midst of fears, his invincible temper, are advantages which make him master of fortune.”

Source : "The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D". Book edited by Bertram Dobell, London: Bertram Dobell, p. LVII, "Christian Ethicks" (1675), 1903.
“If you would be thrilled by watching the galloping advance of a major glacier, you'd be ecstatic watching changes in publishing.”
“It was during this [as a kid] time that I came out of my shell vocally and performance wise, I learned how to really and truly sing in a different way.... my way. It was an amazing experience because I also realized my lifelong dream - to sing my own songs...I have something to say and it was a great release for me to share that part of myself with others.”
“I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?”
“Seasteaders bring a Silicon Valley sensibility to the problem of governments not innovating sufficiently. Innovators are held back and stymied by existing regulations, and we want to give them 21st century regulations on start-up governments.”

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“The blood of criminals fertilises the soil of liberty.”
“An English tongue, if refined to a certain standard, might perhaps be fixed forever.”
“My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.”

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