Home / Quotes / Quote by Russell Kirk

Quote by Russell Kirk

“The aim of any good constitution is to achieve in a society a high degree of political harmony, so that order and justice and freedom may be maintained.”

Quote by Russell Kirk

Book:The Conservative Constitution

Work

The Conservative Constitution

This book delves into the foundational principles of the constitution, offering an analysis through the lens of conservative thought and values. more

Author

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. more

You May Also Like

“Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn't fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn't find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.”

Knows Kind Kids Sports Groups Fit Activity All Kinds Village Do You Know Niche Curriculum Loner

Author:Eric Clapton

“Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.”

Liberty Practice Path Awareness Bedrock Awareness Of Death

Author:Dalai Lama

“Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.”

Want Use Wisdom Liberty Violence

Author:Louis L'Amour

“Nothing whatever but the constitutional law, the political structure, of these United States protects any American from arbitrary seizure of his property and his person, from the Gestapo and the Storm Troops, from the concentration camp, the torture chamber, the revolver at the back of his neck in a cellar.”

“Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.”

Country Government Political Liberty Too Much Fishes Spoil Governing Election Day Tao Te Ching Leadership Frying Tao Ching Small Fish

Author:Laozi

“I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual?”

Individual Nations Liberty Esteem Secure Maximum Individual Liberty

Author:D. H. Lawrence

“It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.”

People Government Political Freedom Liberty Power Safe Limits Forgotten Limitation Never Forget Gracious

Author:Richard Henry Lee

“Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.”

People Real Liberty Gun

Book:Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh

Source: Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh

“All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with the business of a hero, and here it comes up again: the glorification of one personality. This is not good at all.”

Persons Long Done Politics Individual Liberty Our Lives Personality Hero Come Up Long Ago Single Person Elevation Glorification

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“Ideological talk and phrase mongering about political liberties should be disposed with; all that is just mere chatter and phrase mongering. We should get away from those phrases.”

Should Political Liberty Mere Phrases Get Away Ideological Chatter

Author:Vladimir Lenin