 I began my political responsibility as an ultra-conservative. I wanted the Kaiser to come back; and now I am a revolutionary. I really mean that. If I live to be a hundred I shall maybe be an anarchist, for an anarchist wants to do without all government.
|
Tag Archives: conservative
Hannah Arendt – The revolutionary after the revolution
 It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
– Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) |
Edward Abbey – Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal
 Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and powerful.
– Edward Abbey (1927-1989) |
