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Conservatives have no intention of compromising with socialists, but even such an alliance, ridiculous though it would be, is more conceivable than the coalition of conservatives and libertarians.

— Russell Kirk Libertarians: Chirping Sectaries (1981)

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Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society is the end for which Providence has prepared man.

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot (1953)

If a man acknowledges no authority, he sets himself up as Cain, and before long he is struck down by nemesis, which follows upon hubris.

Prescription, Authority, and Ordered Freedom,” in What is Conservatism? (1964)

True conservatism rises at the antipodes from individualism. Individualism is social atomism; conservatism is community of spirit.

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot (1953)

The natural law is an instrument for progress, not a weapon of revolution.

The Roots of American Order (1974)

Global environmentalists have said and written enough to leave no doubt that their goal is to destroy the prosperous economies of the world's richest nations.

Economics: Work and Prosperity in Christian Perspective (1989)

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