Jack Donovan

“The natural gods of men are other men, mythic or real, who embody manhood in men's eyes.”

— Jack Donovan

As things get worse and the State seems powerless to help, the State will seem less and less legitimate. People will lose…

— Jack Donovan

It must be scary to stand up for beliefs also held by Eric Holder.

— Jack Donovan

Violence is the gold standard, the reserve that guarantees order. In actuality, it is better than a gold standard, because violence has…

— Jack Donovan

Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men…

— Jack Donovan

“Men cannot be men—much less good or heroic men—unless their actions have meaningful consequences to people they truly care about. Strength requires…

— Jack Donovan

“Until you can function as a competent member of the group and carry your own weight, you are a supplicant and a…

— Jack Donovan

Men of ideas and men of action have much to learn from each other, and the truly great are men of both…

— Jack Donovan

Sometimes men pick fights just for something to do-just to feel something like the threat of harm and the possibility of triumph.

— Jack Donovan

When men evaluate each other as men, they still look for the same virtues that they'd need to keep the perimeter. Men…

— Jack Donovan

Without action, words are just words. Without violence, laws are just words. Violence isn’t the only answer, but it is the final…

— Jack Donovan

Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a…

— Jack Donovan

White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy that’s socially…

— Jack Donovan

Civilization comes at a cost of manliness. It comes at a cost of wildness, of risk, of strife. It comes at a…

— Jack Donovan

Violence isn't the only answer, but it is the final answer.

— Jack Donovan

A man is not merely a man but a man among men, in a world of men. Being good at being a…

— Jack Donovan

There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man.

— Jack Donovan

A man who is more concerned with being a good man than being good at being a man makes a very well-behaved…

— Jack Donovan

“No matter how exotic or seemingly different another man is, there's always some reflection of self in another male.”

— Jack Donovan

Relieved of moral pretense and stripped of folk costumes, the raw masculinity that all men know in their gut has to do…

— Jack Donovan

“If anything has made men more effeminate in the past half-century, it's been the running feminist critique of masculinity.”

— Jack Donovan

“We are, each of us, alone. And this is the first law of masculinity. And it is the most important law. Your…

— Jack Donovan

When someone tells a man to be a man, they mean that there is a way to be a man. A man…

— Jack Donovan

“People can talk tough without having to do the primitive math of violence, because they believe that law enforcement will either intervene…

— Jack Donovan

“It’s tragic to think that heroic man’s great destiny is to become economic man, that men will be reduced to craven creatures…

— Jack Donovan