The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Abstract ideas like equality and liberty have a spurious transparency, and can be used to derive pleasing theorems in the manner of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“We are not born free, nor do we come into this world with a self-identity and autonomy of our own. We achieve… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“The freedom to entertain and express opinions, however offensive to others, has been regarded since Locke as the sine qua non of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I saw that this desire to control society in the name of equality expresses exactly the contempt for human freedom that I… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Decisions are free when each of us settles his path through life by negotiation, playing his cards according to his own best… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The real cure to immigration, obviously, is to make sure that there is prosperity around the world so that people don't have… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The rude, raw, 'let it all hang out' freedom of the Californian hippies was in fact the most censorious and oppressive of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“By living in a spirit of forgiveness we not only uphold the core value of citizenship but also find the path to… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Conservatives believe in private property because they respect the autonomy of the individual. But it is fair to say that too many… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
No, I don't think I've ever really favoured English independence. My view is that if the Scots want to be independent then… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
[Burke] emphasized that the new forms of politics, which hope to organize society around the rational pursuit of liberty, equality, fraternity, or… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Freedom can reside only in a point of view, a way of looking upon the system of necessity.Surely this is the one… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“But, because of the unwise provisions of the Treaty of Rome regarding freedom of movement, it has led to the mass emigration… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, we can understand those basic freedoms as rights partly because we can understand the reciprocal duty to respect them. My right… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Conservatism is about freedom, yes. But it is also about the institutions and attitudes that shape the responsible citizen, and ensure that… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The Scottish desire for independence is, to some extent, a fabrication. They want to identify themselves as Scots but still to be… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it does not matter. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“So conceived, the English police force served to emphasize a fundamental truth about the English law, which is that it exists not to control… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
My 2018 ended with a hate storm, in response to my appointment as chair of the government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Unlike every other product that is now manufactured for the table, wine exists in as many varieties as there are people who produce it.… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I think we can all see the force of the idea that there are certain things that cannot be done to human beings –… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Western democracies did not create the virtue of citizenship; on the contrary, they grew from it. Nothing is more evident in The Federalist than… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“If one looks back to the French Revolution, one sees just how easy it is for the doctrine of “human rights” to become an… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I say it was immediately apparent, but it was not apparent to the intellectual class, which has remained largely wedded to the post-war consensus… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Conservatives hold on to things not only because they are attached to them, but also because they do not see the sense in radical… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
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