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Quotes from A Little Conserva-tive — Albert Jay Nock

1870–1945 United States

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Here we get on track of what conservatism is.

A Little Conserva-tive (1936)

For more than a quarter of a century I have been known, in so far as I was known at all, as a radical.

A Little Conserva-tive (1936)

And so we see that the term conservative has little value as a label; in fact, one might say that its label-value varies inversely with one's right to wear it.

A Little Conserva-tive (1936)

Likewise, also, when occasion required that I should label myself with reference to particular social theories or doctrines, the same decent respect for accuracy led me to describe myself as an anarchist, an individualist, and a single-taxer.

A Little Conserva-tive (1936)

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