There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy. - Theodore Dalrymple

Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.

Whereas fortitude was once regarded as a virtue, it has come to be regarded as a kind of reprehensible and deliberate obtuseness, to be utterly condemned as treason to the self (there is no fury like a non-judgmentalist scorned).

To deal with the problems of modern society, hard thought, confrontation with an often unpleasant reality, and moral courage are needed, for which a vague and self-congratulatory broadmindedness is no substitute.