Reactionaries Quotes
Interview by Anne Louise Strong, Aug. 1946
The only reactionaries are those who find themselves at home in the present.
Miguel de Unamuno (2012). “Tragic Sense of Life”, p.321, Courier Corporation
Zedong Mao, Stuart Reynolds Schram (1974). “Mao Tse-tung unrehearsed: talks and letters, 1956-71”, Penguin Books
As Aristotle said, you have to be an aristocrat or a reactionary to write a good proletarian poem.
Kenneth Rexroth (1961). “Assays”, Norfold, Conn
Evelyn Waugh (2012). “Decline and Fall”, p.29, Penguin UK
Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1892). “Brilliants: selected from the works of C.H. Spurgeon”
History's one great lesson is that reactionaries are losers.
George Otis (1991). “The Last of the Giants”, Chosen Books Publishing Company