Being Frustrated Is Disagreeable, But The Real

A Conservative Is A Liberal Mugged By Reality.

The Really Difficult Moral Issues Arise, Not From A Confrontation Of Good And Evil, But From A Collision Between Two Goods

...what Is At Stake Is Civilization And Humanity, Nothing Less. The Idea That Everything Is Permitted, As Nietzsche Put It, Rests On The Premise Of Nihilism And Has Nihilistic Implications. I Will Not Pretend That The Case Against Nihilism And For Civilization Is An Easy One To Make. We Are Here Confronting The Most Fundamental Of Philosophical Questions, On The Deepest Levels. In Short, The Matter Of Pornography And Obscenity Is Not A Trivial One, And Only Superficial Minds Can Take A Bland And Untroubled View Of It.

In Comparison To The French Revolution, The American Revolution Has Come To Seem A Parochial And Rather Dull Event. This, Despitethe Fact That The American Revolution Was Successful--realizing The Purposes Of The Revolutionaries And Establishing A Durable Political Regime--while The French Revolution Was A Resounding Failure, Devouring Its Own Children And Leading To An Imperial Despotism, Followed By An Eventual Restoration Of The Monarchy.

What Rules The World Is Idea, Because Ideas Define The Way Reality Is Perceived.