Quotes About Reactionary

The pure reactionary is not a dreamer of abolished pasts, but a hunter of sacred shades on the eternal hills... The reactionary does not aspire to turn back, but rather to change direction. The past that he admires is not a goal but an exemplification of his dreams.

Today's reactionary has a satisfaction which yesterday's did not: to see modern programs end not only in disaster but also in ridicule.

A reactionary is anyone who is not prepared to buy his victory at any price.

The reactionary is that fool who possesses the vanity to judge history, and the immorality to come to terms with it.

Wenn ein Reaktionär von "unvermeidlicher Restauration" spricht, dürfen wir nicht vergessen, dass der Reaktionär in Jahrtausenden rechnet.

The fervor of the homage which the democrat renders to humanity is comparable only to the coldness with which he disrespects the individual. The reactionary disdains man, without meeting an individual he scorns. Treating an inferior with respect and affection is the classic syndrome of the reactionary psychosis.

Reactionary thought has been accused of irrationalism because it refuses to sacrifice the canons of reason to the prejudices of the day. The root of reactionary thought is not distrust of reason but distrust of the will.

The reactionary is mistaken if he assumes that the democrat rejects his reasons but shares his repugnance. The modern world is a pigsty in whose morass modern man rolls happily.

Der Reaktionär irrt, wenn er annimmt, daß der Demokrat sein Gründe ablehnt, aber seinen Widerwillen teilt. Der moderne Welt ist ein Schweinestall, in dessen Morast der Mensch von heute sich fröhlich wälzt.

The Marxist has no doubt about the perversity of his adversary. The reactionary merely suspects that his adversary is stupid.

The most convinced reactionary is the repentant revolutionary, that is to say: the man who has known the reality of the problems and has discovered the falseness of the solutions.

Das Individuum, das eine authentische Berufung hat, ist reaktionär, welcher Art die Überzeugungen auch seien, die es hegt. Demokrat ist, wer erwartet, daß die Außenwelt ihm Ziele setzt.

The defeated reactionary always retains the option of entertaining himself with the victor's simplistic ideas.

Being reactionary is understanding that it is not possible to demonstrate or convince, only to invite.

The reactionary invented the dialogue upon observing differences among men and the variety of their intentions. The democrat engages in a monologue, because humanity expresses itself through his mouth.

Democratic thinking tends to deduce the consequences of action with the same straightforward confidence as the implications of a principle. What the reactionary, on the other hand, knows how to see is the paradoxical nature of actions, of people, of the world.

Leftists and rightists merely argue about who is to have possession of industrial society. The reactionary longs for its death.

The reactionary does not aspire to turn back, but rather to change direction.

Die moderne Literatur: dieses kolossale reaktionäre Unterfangen.

Modern literature: this colossal reactionary enterprise.

La revolución es progresista y busca el robustecimiento del estado; la rebelión es reaccionaria y busca su desvanecimiento. El revolucionario es un funcionario en potencia; el rebelde es un reaccionario en acto. (Revolution is progressive and seeks the strengthening of the state; rebellion is reactionary and seeks its disappearance. The revolutionary is a potential government official; the rebel is a reactionary in action.)

The reactionary's objection is not discussed; it is disdained.

The pure reactionary is not a dreamer of abolished pasts, but a hunter of sacred shades on the eternal hills.

She's just a typical bourgeois reactionary.' 'You mean, her prejudices are different from yours.