Michael Oakeshott Quotes

Now, The Disposition To Be Conservative In Respect Of Politics Reflects A Quite Different View Of The Activity Of Governing. The Man Of This Disposition Understands It To Be The Business Of A Government Not To Inflame Passion And Give It New Objects To Feed Upon, But To Inject Into The Activities Of Already Too Passionate Men An Ingredient Of Moderation; To Restrain, To Deflate, To Pacify And To Reconcile; Not To Stoke The Fires Of Desire, But To Damp Them Down. And All This, Not Because Passion Is Vice And Moderation Virtue, But Because Moderation Is Indispensable If Passionate Men Are To Escape Being Locked In An Encounter Of Mutual Frustration.

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