Compassionate conservatism is as insubstantial a notion as the Third Way — a circumlocution to avoid having to choose among conflicting values and competing claims to scarce resources. To talk of a compassionate or caring society is to turn a noble personal virtue into a destructive political affectation.
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The six stages of an election campaign: 1. Enthusiasm. September 13th, 2004 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
 I do not have a weight problem, I have a height problem September 12th, 2004 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
September 11th, 2004 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely. September 10th, 2004 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating. September 9th, 2004 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
I am an autodidact economist; that is, I am self-taught. If I see far it is because I am standing on the feet of giants. September 8th, 2004 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
Islamists oppose us not because of what we do, but because of what we are: secular, pluralist and tolerant. September 7th, 2004 | 53 comments - (Comments are closed)
To initiate terrorism is to justify your very own apocalypse, many more Arabs and Chechens are going to die than Americans, Europeans and Russians, because our ability to carry out terrorism is greater than theirs. September 4th, 2004 | 38 comments - (Comments are closed)
To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. September 3rd, 2004 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. September 2nd, 2004 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
September 1st, 2004 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
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