The two parties which divide the State, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made ... Now one, now the other gets the day, and still the fight renews itself as if for the first time, under new names and hot personalities ... Innovation is the salient energy; Conservatism the pause on the last movement.

There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.

Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.

Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition.

Revolutionaries themselves are the last people to realize when, through force of time and circumstance, they have gradually become conservatives. It is scarcel…

They see how under the great Stalin millions like themselves have found a new life. They see that aided and guided by the example of the Soviet Union, led by t…

Chissa perche ci si attenda ancora a considerare la fine dell'anno al metro del 31 dicembre, piuttosto che a quello del 28 ottobre. L'attaccamento a questa con…