In this wide-ranging interview, Rachel Fulton Brown discusses topics such as the Virgin Mary and medieval Europe, Tolkien, fencing, and Milo.
“The paradox is that those who employ this language imagine themselves to be enlightened and progressive.”
“Defending values and heritage is far more important in the long term than securing a few commercial contracts.”
“A political battle without a prior cultural battle cannot be won. If we do not first transform the cultural framework, political victories will be fragile or temporary.”
“The DSA is being used as an instrument to control freedom of expression, relying on an ecosystem of ‘fact-checkers’ and ‘certifiers’ that are not neutral.”
Fusionism is the COBOL of the Right. While it will live as long as its believers live, it is hard to imagine it making new converts. Even converts from the Left will go directly to the new Right.
“Fight for your civilization, fight for your life, fight for your values. Fight for who you are.”
The United States government seeks to intensify bilateral security cooperation with European allies in a bid to counter extremist groups more effectively worldwide.
“When you support forces that destroy democracy abroad, those forces ultimately influence democracy at home.”
“The 1989 Taif agreement naturalized half a million Muslim Arabs who do not share the slightest common cultural characteristics with Lebanon.”
“What we have here is a vast political machinery that is quite the opposite of the definition of civil society. It does not represent certain groups of society, but a closed institutional elite in Brussels.”
“European as well as Slovak history is full of examples when Christians played a critical role at a critical time.”
