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I Regard Myself To Have Been A Young Trostkyite And I Have Not A Single Bitter Memory.

There Are Different Kinds Of Truths For Different Kinds Of People. There Are Truths Appropriate For Children; Truths That Are Appropriate For Students; Truths That Are Appropriate For Educated Adults; And Truths That Are Appropriate For Highly Educated Adults, And The Notion That There Should Be One Set Of Truths Available To Everyone Is A Modern Democratic Fallacy. It Doesn't Work.

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.

Nostalgia Is One Of The Legitimate And Certainly One Of The Most Enduring Of Human Emotions; But The Politics Of Nostalgia Is At Best Distracting, At Worst Pernicious.

Power Breeds Responsibilities, In International Affairs As In Domestic - Or Even Private. To Dodge Or Disclaim These Responsibilities Is One Form Of The Abuse Of Power.