Russell Kirk Quote

Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot (ed. Regnery Publishing, 2001) - ISBN: 9780895261717

Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.

Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.

Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.

Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.