Joseph Sobran
Joseph Sobran
Michael Joseph Sobran, Jr., known as Joe Sobran, was an American journalist, formerly with National Review magazine and a syndicated columnist. Pat Buchanan called Sobran "perhaps the finest columnist of our generation"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth23 February 1946
CountryUnited States of America
century college english greek high latin offering school teaching
In one century we went from teaching Latin and Greek in high school to offering remedial English in college
sheep ideas democracy
So when the wolf pounces on your lamb, just ignore the pitiful bleating and remind yourself that this is a democracy, where every sheep can freely express its preference for which kind of wolf it wants to be eaten by. Many sheep, perhaps understandably, prefer a wolf in sheep's clothing, which is after all the basic idea of democracy. So far it has worked pretty well. The wolves all agree on that, and they want to spread democracy everywhere.
comforting royal radical-change
The US Constitution serves the same function as the British royal family: it offers a comforting symbol of tradition and continuity, thereby masking a radical change in the actual system of power.
hypocritical victim force
A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy you.
tyrants abuse limits
There has never been a humane communist regime. Marxism is inherently totalitarian. It recognizes no moral limits on the state. It’s the most convenient ideology for aspiring tyrants; it also retains its appeal for intellectuals, who have proved equally skillful at rationalizing abuses of power and at exculpating themselves.
anarchy states ifs
Even if we are all doomed to live under the state, it doesn't follow that there is, or even can be, such a thing as a good state.
idols evil anarchy
Thus does a 'necessary evil' become an idol. Maybe we're stuck with it. But do we have to worship it?