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The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of mystery and wonder, where duty, discipline, and sacrifice are required-and where the reward is that love which passeth all understanding.
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Russell Kirk (2014). “The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays”, p.275, Open Road Media

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The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character – with the perennial problem of the inner order of the soul, the restoration of the ethical understanding, and the religious sanction upon which any life worth living is founded. This is conservatism at its highest.
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Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.472, Regnery Publishing

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Ordinary human laws are the means - however imperfect - by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.
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Russell Kirk (2014). “The Roots of American Order”, p.118, Open Road Media

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