“The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics as a revolutionary instrument for transforming society and even transforming human nature. In his march toward Utopia, the ideologue is merciless.”
Russell Amos Kirk
American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, lecturer, author, and novelist.
(1918 - 1994)