“Conservatism is itself a modernism, and in this lies the secret of its success.”
Roger Scruton (1944–2020) English philosopher
"Eliot and Conservatism" (p. 194)
A Political Philosophy (2006)
“Its no secret that a Conscience can sometimes be a Pest, Its no Secret that Ambition bites the Nails of Success”
— Bono
"The Fly"
Lyrics, Achtung Baby (1991)
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