Gentle Regrets Quotes

“The common law of England is proof that there is a real distinction between legitimate and illegitimate power, that power can exist without oppression, and that authority is a living force in human conduct. English law, I discovered, is the answer to Foucault.”
― Roger Scruton, Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a Life

“It seems to me, therefore, that you should prepare your children to be happy in the way that you are happy. Treat them exactly as you would if your own ideals were generally shared. After all, your ideals, like your children, define you: between them, they are all that you have.”
― Roger Scruton, Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a Life

“And so I acquired the consciousness of death and dying, without which the world cannot be loved for what it is. That, in essence, is what it means to be a conservative.”
― Roger Scruton, Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a Life