Quotes about Reactionary

Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary.

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

American fundamentalist thought connected strongly to reactionary political ideology as nervous Christians pushed back against liberal reforms on many fronts.

Earthly seating creates reactionary prayers. If we sit there long enough, we will wind up with a big devil and a little God.

A Radical is a man with both feet firmly planted--in the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest--at the command--of his head.

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.

Don't expect or demand from groups what they usually cannot give. Doing so will make you needlessly angry and reactionary. They must and will be concerned with identity, boundaries, self-maintenance, self-perpetuation, and self-congratulation. This is their nature and purpose.

Learning slowly to not be so reactionary while inserting verbal gratitude into stressful situations is almost like being healed of mental blindness.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.