Until the world perceives that "good" cannot be applied to a thing because it is our own, and "bad" because it is another's, there is no prospect of realizing community.
Richard M. WeaverNow, with the general decay of religious faith , it is the scientists who must speak ex cathedra, whether they wish to or not.
Richard M. WeaverAbsorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.
Richard M. WeaverThe complete man, then, is the "lover" added to the scientist; the rhetorician to the dialectician.
Richard M. WeaverThere are some despotic governments so filled with a feeling of insecurity that they regard the free life of culture as a threat to their existence. ... On the other extreme is the kind of popular government which is so distrustful of all forms of distinction that it sees even in the cultivated individual a menace to its existence. Such states are likely to maintain a pressure which discourages cultural endeavor, although the pressure may be exerted through social channels.
Richard M. Weaver