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Russell Kirk

"To check centralization and usurping of power ... we require a new laissez-faire. The old laissez-faire was founded upon a misapprehension of human nature, an exultation of individuality (in private character often a virtue) to the condition of a political dogma, which destroyed the spirit of community and reduced men to so many equipollent atoms of humanity, without sense of brotherhood or purpose."

Source : Russell Kirk (1978). “The conservative mind: from Burke to Eliot”

Russell Kirk

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“There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course he's the one, of course it was a dream, of course she's dead, of course, it's hidden right there, of course it's the truth and you in your seat have failed to notice in the dark.”
“By gathering seed from trees which are close to our homes and close to our hearts, helping them to germinate and grow, and then planting them back into their original landscapes, we can all make a living link between this millennium and the next, a natural bridge from the past to the future.”
“I was from North Carolina, so as a youngster all of my mind games about golf were always, If I make this I win The Masters, if I hole this par putt I win The Masters. So it was a great thrill to play there.”
“It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.”
“A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.”

Source : "Grandma Moses, American Primitive: Forty Paintings". Book edited by Otto Kallir, 1947.
“There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.”
“And itâ€™s more. Itâ€™s about getting past that question of whats wrong with me, to knowing thereâ€™s nothing wrong, that you were born this way. You're a normal person and a beautiful person and you should be proud of who you are. You deserve to live and live with dignity and show people your pride.”
“I don't know if I could write songs if it wasn't for the female race, to be honest with you.”

Source : "'Leverage': Christian Kane and John Schneider Act, Sing and Duke It Out". Interview with Kate O'Hare, screenertv.com. July 17, 2010.

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