[conservatism:] Our Revolutionary Message... Is That A

It Was A New Kind Of Class War - The People As Citizens Versus The Politicians And Their Clients In The Public Sector.

A Liberal Is A Person Who Sees A Fourteen-year-old Girl Performing Sex Acts Onstage And Wonders If She's Being Paid Minimum Wage.

Joining A Radical Movement When One Is Young Is Very Much Like Falling In Love When One Is Young. The Girl May Turn Out To Be Rotten, But The The Experience Of Love Is So Valuable It Can Never Be Entirely Undone By The Ultimate Disenchantment.

After All, If You Believe That No One Was Ever Corrupted By A Book, You Also Have To Believe That No One Was Ever Improved By A Book (or A Play Or A Movie). You Have To Believe, In Other Words, That All Art Is Morally Trivial And That, Consequently, All Education Is Morally Irrelevant. No One, Not Even A University Professor, Really Believes That.

The Trouble With Traditional American Conservatism Is That It Lacks A Naturally Cheerful, Optimistic Disposition. Not Only Does It Lack One, It Regards Signs Of One As Evidence Of Unsoundness, Irresponsibility.