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The Modern Conservative Is Engaged In One Of Man's Oldest Exercises In Moral Philosophy
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises
in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral
justification for selfishness.
-- John Kenneth Galbraith
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