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For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution.

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Leftism Revisited (1990)

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Bodies are mutually attracted by nearness, knowledge, and pleasure but souls by distance, mystery, and suffering.

The Menace of the Herd (1943)

The Romantic may be alone, but he is never lonely, and that because of his knowledge of the presence of God.

The Menace of the Herd (1943)

'Welfare State' is a misnomer, for every state must care for the common good.

The Timeless Christian (1969)

Patriotism, not nationalism, should inspire the citizen.

Leftism Revisited (1990)

Generosity is a virtue more frequently found in the small top layers than among the masses. After all, it takes intelligence to suspect that generosity very often pays while egotism does not.

Monarchy and War (2000)

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