Privilege, in any society, is the reward of duties performed.

The natural law is an instrument for progress, not a weapon of revolution.

Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property.

Nothing is more conservative than conservation

...only the unscrupulous or shortsighted can defend pollution and degradation of the countryside.

The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of mystery and wonder, where duty, discipline, and sacrifice are required-and where the reward is that love which passeth all understanding.

Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.