The aim of any good constitution is to achieve in a society a high degree of political harmony, so that order and justice and freedom may be maintained.
Russell KirkTo complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the conservative interest, that conservatism is simply a political argument in defense of large accumulations of private property, that expansion, centralization, and accumulation are the tenets of conservatives. From this confusion, from the popular belief that Hamilton was the founder of American conservatism, the forces of tradition in the United States never have fully escaped.
Russell KirkLife is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.
Russell Kirk