He Was A Conservative All Right, But

They Are Men And Women Who Tend To Believe That The Human Being Is Perfectible And Social Progress Predictable, And That The Instrument For Effecting The Two Is Reason; That Truths Are Transitory And Empirically Determined; That Equality Is Desirable And Attainable Through The Action Of State Power; That Social And Individual Differences, If They Are Not Rational, Are Objectionable, And Should Be Scientifically Eliminated; That All People And Societies Strive To Organize Themselves Upon A Rationalist And Scientific Paradigm.

Some Of My Instincts Are Reprehensible.

We View Our Atomic Arsenal As Proudly And As Devotedly As Any Pioneer Ever Viewed His Flintlock Hanging Over The Mantel As His Children Slept, And Dreamed.

The Superstition That The Hounds Of Truth Will Rout The Vermin Of Error Seems, Like A Fragment Of Victorian Lace, Quaint, But Too Brittle To Be Lifted Out Of The Showcase.

The Socialized State Is To Justice, Order, And Freedom What The Marquis De Sade Is To Love.