“Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in beliefs, ideas and possessions. The sterile radical, too, is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted.” IdeasSometimesLife IsBeliefGrowsSocietyYouthLetting GoEmptyConservativePossessionRadicalSymptomsConservatism Book:The Passionate State of Mind Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“The belief that it is useless to employ partial and palliative means against radical evils, because they only remedy them in part, is an article of faith never preached unsuccessfully by meanness to simplicity, but it is none the less absurd.” MeanEvilBeliefSimplicityAbsurdRadicalUselessArticlesRemedyMeanness Author:Theodor Mommsen
“Bill Clinton says the middle-class folks in Topeka who contribute to The 700 Club or Focus on the Family are radicals whose beliefs pose a mortal danger to this nation!” ChristianBeliefNationsReligiousClassFocusMiddleDangerBillsClintonFolksClubsMortalsRadicalMiddle Class Book:Who's Afraid of the Religious Right? Source: Who's Afraid of the Religious Right?
“Exhilarating. Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend all ideological boundaries.” PeopleWayActionBeliefGraceTearsMovedBoundariesRadicalGood PeopleIdeologicalExhilaratingPortrayal Author:Roger Ebert