When you're on the wrong road, sometimes the most progressive man is the one who goes backwards first. As long as there are such people, hope lies in our future. Richard M. Weaver More Quotes by Richard M. Weaver More Quotes From Richard M. Weaver The case of the Baconians is not won until it has been proved that the substitution of covetousness for wantlessness, or an ascending spiral of desires for a stable requirement of necessities, leads to a happier condition. Richard M. Weaver ascending requirements desire Man is constantly being assured that he has more power than ever before in history, but his daily experience is one of powerlessness. ... If he is with a business organization, the odds are great that he has sacrificed every other kind of independence in return for that dubious one known as financial. Richard M. Weaver odds organization men We cannot be too energetic in reminding our nihilists and positivists that this is a world of action and history. Richard M. Weaver nihilist action world
