If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be consumed for their sensual gratification; and thus they will destroy in their lust for enjoyment the property of future generations, of their own contemporaries, and indeed their very own capital.


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

Russell Kirk Quotes

If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be...

If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be...

If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be...

If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be...