Two quotations from Russell Kirk

Last updated on: November 6, 2015 at 11:12 pm
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Two quotations from Russell Kirk November 6, 2015

 

Dr. Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk (1918-1994)
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“Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.”
“If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.”

 

 

 

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