Conservatism Defends Those Coercive Arrangements Which A Still-lingering Savageness Makes Requisite.

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Conservatism defends those coercive arrangements which a still-lingering
savageness makes requisite. Radicalism endeavours to realize a state
more in harmony with the character of the ideal man.
-- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), from Social Statistics (1850)

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