Thomas Jefferson and the Faithless

By |2019-03-21T12:04:11-05:00August 9th, 2013|Categories: American Republic, Democracy, RAK, Russell Kirk, Thomas Jefferson|Tags: |

It seems to be a tendency of literary critics to attach to the opinions of contemporary writers a significance unjustified with regard to the effect of such opinions upon current social movements. A Voltaire, an Adam Smith, even a Dickens’ Oliver Twist may change the world, but not so the works of the usual writer [...]