Achievement Quote by Roger Kimball

As the publisher of the 'Tory,' I strive to defend the pillars of Western civilization against the distractions of diversity.

— Pete Hegseth

The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule of law,…

— Ibn Warraq

“Every civilizing step in history has been ridiculed as 'sentimental', 'impractical', or 'womanish', etc., by those whose fun, profit or convenience was at stake”

— Joan Gilbert

“One persistent attempt to find a thread in the history of mankind focuses on the notion of Reason. Human history, on this view, is…

— Ernest Gellner

“Although most people never overcome the habit of berating the world for their difficulties, those who are too weak to make a stand against…

— Max Horkheimer

“It must be clear to those who look below the surface of things that far-reaching changes in our fundamental ideas and attitudes are setting…

— Hon J.C. Smuts

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.

— Oscar Wilde

“And secretly I fell prey to the one of the besetting sins of western intellectuals, which normally I abhor: I began to experience envy…

— Theodore Dalrymple

“The most interesting aspect of this culture of repudiation has been the attack on the central place accorded to reason in human affairs by…

— Roger Scruton

“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is a man's original virtue.”

— Oscar Wilde

“What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will be tranquil…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“The person who expects to understand history must submerge himself in it, must get rid of patriotism, as well as bitterness. And especially in…

— Americo Castro