Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses.
Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
—Eric Hoffer, 1951
***
Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal,
who wants to replace them with others.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906
Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
—Edward Abbey, 1990
Conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
15
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1845
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the
idealized past.
—Robertson Davies, 1960
In every age ‘the good old days’ were a myth. […] For every age has consisted of crises that
seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
—Brooks Atkinson, 1951
He that will nor apply new remedies must expect new evils; for the time is the greatest
innovator.
—Francis Bacon, 1625
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
—Edmund Burke, 1790
A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
—Henry James, 1888
The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
—Israel Zangwill, 1921
Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us.
—Henrik Tikkanen
16
***
What experience and history teach is this – that nations and governments have never
learned anything from history.
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1832
17
15
Could this mean that the liberal government’s hypocrisy is always disorganized?
16
As quoted, without a date, in a few generally reliable sources, starting not later than 2005.
17
This maxim is often misattributed to George Bernard Shaw who actually used it with a reference
to Hegel, and also to Aldous Huxley who just paraphrased it.
On Government and Politics
169
Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
—Eric Hoffer, 1951
***
Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal,
who wants to replace them with others.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906
Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
—Edward Abbey, 1990
Conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
15
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1845
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the
idealized past.
—Robertson Davies, 1960
In every age ‘the good old days’ were a myth. […] For every age has consisted of crises that
seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
—Brooks Atkinson, 1951
He that will nor apply new remedies must expect new evils; for the time is the greatest
innovator.
—Francis Bacon, 1625
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
—Edmund Burke, 1790
A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
—Henry James, 1888
The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
—Israel Zangwill, 1921
Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us.
—Henrik Tikkanen
16
***
What experience and history teach is this – that nations and governments have never
learned anything from history.
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1832
17
15
Could this mean that the liberal government’s hypocrisy is always disorganized?
16
As quoted, without a date, in a few generally reliable sources, starting not later than 2005.
17
This maxim is often misattributed to George Bernard Shaw who actually used it with a reference
to Hegel, and also to Aldous Huxley who just paraphrased it.
On Government and Politics
169