Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.