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Russell Kirk, an American historian, was born in October 1918 and died on April 29, 1994. His research focused on conservative thought, American history, and culture, and had a profound impact on 20th-century American politics and culture.

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“Despite much talk in this land about religious freedom, churches and their schools now confront grave difficulties.”

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Book:The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty

Source: The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty

“Some 'separation' zealots would expunge any vestige of religious observance in public schools. Many of the same anti-religious fanatics would like to wipe out of existence all church-related schools, by regulation or taxation, so that universal ignorance of the life of spirit should prevail.”

Source: The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty

“If the state - and within the state, the judiciary particularly - harasses and undermines the Church , in any society the state undoes itself.”

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Book:The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty

Source: The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty

“Rousseau and his disciples were resolved to force men to be free; in most of the world, they triumphed; men are set free from family, church, town, class, guild; yet they wear, instead, the chains of the state, and they expire of ennui or stifling lone lines.”

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Book:The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot

Source: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot

About the Author

Born: October 19, 1918
Died: April 29, 1994
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 68

Books & Sources

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to EliotRelated source material

The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious libertyRelated source material

Academic Freedom: An Essay in DefinitionRelated source material

The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected EssaysRelated source material

The Roots of American OrderRelated source material

Redeeming the TimeRelated source material

The Politics of PrudenceRelated source material

Confessions of a bohemian Tory: episodes and reflections of a vagrant careerRelated source material

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The Conservative ConstitutionRelated source material

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