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“A philosopher who says, 'There are no truths, only interpretations,' risks the retort: 'Is that true, or only an interpretation?'”

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Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton, born on February 27, 1944, is a renowned British philosopher. His research areas include aesthetics, political philosophy, and moral philosophy, which have had a profound impact on the philosophical world. more

“New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated our precise circumstances. How he was possible, I still don't understand; but there isn't a day I'm not grateful that he speaks to me in my own language.”

Stills Political Father Speak Language My Own Circumstances Grateful Presidential Prisoner Precise Chamber Resolute Unfriendly Political Prisoners New Father

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“War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.”

War Seems Pops Storm Iron Rust

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.”

Knows Writing Trying Might Happened Honest Source Evidence Accounts Accepted Narrative Clue Detectives

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess.”

Source: The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern

“History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove more destructive than even the most deadly enemy.”

Government Wealth Enemy Creation Source Prove Destructive Preference Private Sector Shrinking Redistribution Of Wealth

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

Want Seems Culture Reflection Majority Popular Culture

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.”

World Stills America Nations Century Thirds

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.”

War Real Self Interest Land Honor Perception Starting Fuel Self Interest Shortage Pretext Perceived Self

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.”

Age Faces Lifts More Money Scourge Malaria Botox Polio Pox

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

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