Back To Basics, Part III

...the practice of freedom requires the establishment of order: it is impossible for one man to be free if another is able to deny him the exercise of his freedom. But the Conservative also recognizes that the political power on which order is based is a self-aggrandizing force; that its appetite grows with eating. He knows that the utmost vigilance and care are required to keep political power within its proper bounds.
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The delicate balance that ideally exists between freedom and order has long since tipped against freedom practically everywhere on earth. In some countries, freedom is altogether down and order holds absolute sway. In our country the trend is far less advanced, but it is well along and gathering momentum every day. Thus for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty identifying the day's overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom.