The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.
~ Antonio Gramsci
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I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
~ Antonio Gramsci
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Conservatism is a philosophy of inheritance and stewardship; it does not squander resources but strives to enhance them and pass them on.
~ Roger Scruton
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The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world.
~ Roger Scruton
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Nationality is not the only kind of social membership, nor is it an exclusive tie. However, it is the only form of membership that has so far shown itself able to sustain a democratic process and a liberal rule of law.
~ Roger Scruton
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National loyalty involves a love of home and a preparedness to defend it; nationalism is a belligerent ideology, which uses national symbols in order to conscript the people to war.
~ Roger Scruton
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National loyalty is founded in the love of place, of the customs and traditions that have been inscribed in the landscape and of the desire to protect these good things through a common law and a common loyalty.
~ Roger Scruton
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