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*"I am not sure what is meant by those who say that the Party should return to something called "One Nation Conservatism". As far as I can tell by their views on European federalism, such people's creed would be better described as "No Nation Conservatism"."
 
*"I am not sure what is meant by those who say that the Party should return to something called "One Nation Conservatism". As far as I can tell by their views on European federalism, such people's creed would be better described as "No Nation Conservatism"."
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* "Sir Edward Gibbon, author of ''The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', wrote tellingly of the collapse of Athens, which was the birthplace of democracy.  He judged that, in the end, more than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything - security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom '''from''' responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that they ceased to be free. In the modern world, we should recall the Athenians' dire fate whenever we confront demands for increased state paternalism."<ref>[http://imprimisarchives.hillsdale.edu/file/archives/pdf/1995_03_Imprimis.pdf The Moral Foundations of Society], [[Imprimus]]</ref>
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* "Sir Edward Gibbon, author of ''The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', wrote tellingly of the collapse of Athens, which was the birthplace of democracy.  He judged that, in the end, more than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything - security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom '''from''' responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that they ceased to be free. In the modern world, we should recall the Athenians' dire fate whenever we confront demands for increased state [[paternalism]]."<ref>[http://imprimisarchives.hillsdale.edu/file/archives/pdf/1995_03_Imprimis.pdf The Moral Foundations of Society], [[Imprimus]]</ref>
    
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== See also ==
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