QUOTES Flashcards
(8 cards)
WITHOUT THE RESTRAINT OF FORMAL AUTHORITY, HUMAN LIFE WOULD BE
“NASTY, BRUTISH AND SHORT”
HOBBES
CONSERVATISM HAS “AN INSTINCTIVE …
CONSERVATIVE HAS “AN INSTINCTIVE PREFERENCE FOR WHAT IS KNOWN AND AN INNATE FEAR OF THE UNCERTAIN”
OAKESHOTT
LIFE WITHOUT LAW WOULD BE
“NOISY FOOLISH AND FLAWED”
OAKESHOTT
“SOCIETY’S PRESENT…
“SOCIETY’S PRESENT DIRECTION STEMS FROM ITS PAST DEVELOPMENT”
OAKESHOTT
A HIERARCHY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY…
A HIERARCHY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY “THE WISER, STRONGER AND MORE OPULENT”
THE IDEAL SOCIETY IS “A PARTNERSHIP…
THE IDEAL SOCIETY IS “A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE LIVING, THOSE WHO ARE DEAD AND THOSE WHO ARE YET TO BE BORN”
“THE SMALL STATE IS…
“THE SMALL STATE IS ALWAYS A STONG STATE”
AYN RAND
“TAX FOR THE MOST…
“TAX FOR THE MOST PART IS THEFT”
NOZICK
