Russell Kirk Quote

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

The Sword of Imagination: Memoirs of a Half-century of Literary Conflict (ed. Isi Books, 1995)

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.