"When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds."

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Source : Roger Scruton (2009). “The Roger Scruton Reader”, p.95, A&C Black

Roger Scruton

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“The more I am in a position to be tried in faith with reference to my body, my family, my service for the Lord, my business, etc., the more shall I have opportunity of seeing God's help and deliverance; and every fresh instance, in which He helps and delivers me, will tend towards the increase of my faith.”
“The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.”
“There is only one way to kill capitalism - by taxes, taxes, and more taxes.”
“The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.”
“So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational. A free discipline controls the individual by appealing to his reason and conscience, and therefore to his self-respect; while an unfree control works upon some lower phase of the mind, and so tends to degrade him. It is freedom to be disciplined in as rational a manner as you are fit for.”
“The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions.”
“Our society and institutions are built to push men and women into different roles. We need to change that.”
“Overweight and obesity is the second leading cause of death, killing 300,000 people a year, There is not a miracle pill that will lead to weight loss.”

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