The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism, hatred, and persecution, and also the cause of the vulgar pursuit of success as a proof of divine favor.

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to ride with the tide of events and be swept along by the prevailing winds of fashion and expediency. Almost nothing in economics is more evident than the desire to believe that the world will be safe for those who are best at the game of competitive self-interest.

It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness.

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The Hardy Men

From the perspective of the far right, the Hardy brothers serve as the ideal embodiments of this fantasy: strapping young white males who are strong of body and clear of mind, resourceful and courageous and self-sufficient, willing to go to any length to protect their community from enemies who are often "dark" in appearance and of foreign extraction.