“To deny that a “human nature” exists is the ideological trick the optimist employs to defend himself against history.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Copy Share Image
“The 'wheel of fortune' is a better analogy for history than the 'evolution of humanity.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Man forges his own history, imposing on nature the errors of his free will. If hatred and greed drag man down among… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Now, even though it be neither necessity nor caprice, history, for the authentic reactionary, is not, for all that, an interior dialectic… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Copy Share Image
“Modern man’s misfortune lies not in having to live a mediocre life, but in believing that he could live one that is not mediocre.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“The liberation promised by every invention ends with the growing submission of the man who adopts it to the man who manufactures it.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Revolution is progressivist and seeks the strengthening of the state; rebellion is reactionary and seeks its disappearance. The revolutionary is a potential government official;… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Rather than humanizing technology, modern man prefers to technify man.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“As they cannot be defined univocally, nor irrefutably demonstrated, so-called “human rights” serve as a pretext for the individual who rebels against a positive… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“The most ominous of modern perversions is the shame of appearing naïve if we do not flirt with evil. (La más ominosa de las… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“When nothing in society deserves respect, we should fashion for ourselves in solitude new silent loyalties.” — Nicólas Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Truths are not relative. What is relative are opinions about truth.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
