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Edmund Burke: The Organic Theory of Society

by The Editor

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) is rightly considered the intellectual founder of modern conservatism. First rising to prominence as an MP, Burke established his enduring legacy with his Reflections of the Revolution in France (1790). Defending an organic, traditionalist, hierarchical society against philosophe radicalism, he urged Great Britain to wage war against revolutionary France. In his passage, he discusses his vision of a conservative social order. The great Tory wit Samuel Johnson once said of Burke, "You could not stand five minutes with that man beneath a shed while it rained, but you must be convinced you had been standing with the greatest man you had ever yet seen."

Sir Arthur Bryant: The Value of the Monarchy

by The Editor

Sir Arthur Bryant was one of the most popular Conservative historians of the Twentieth century. His book The Spirit of Conservatism (1929) summarised the party's philosophy and its defence of the Monarchy.

The Defence of the Social Order

by The Editor

Maurice Cowling's volume, Conservative Essays (1978) attempted to define right-wing trends on the eve of Mrs. Thatcher's victory. In this excerpt, he defends inequality as a vital conservative principle.

The Defence of National Institutions

by The Editor

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield successfully articulated key Tory principles in his 1872 Crystal Palace speech. This excerpt discusses the Conservative Party's traditional role as a defender of national institutions and its concomitant duty to safeguard Great Britain's identity.

The Road to National Suicide

by The Editor

The following address is a speech given by the Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell, MP, to a meeting of the Stretford Young Conservatives at the Civic Theatre, Stretford, Manchester at 8pm, Friday, 21 January 1977. Powell clearly explicated his views on postwar immigration and the grave threat it posed to the nation.

Considerations on France Chapter I: Of Revolutions

by The Editor

Comte Joseph De Maistre (1753-1821) was the foremost theoretician of the European Counter-Revolution. Born to a Savoyard aristocratic dynasty, De Maistre stood for throne, sword and altar and opposed Enlightenment philosophes and the French Revolution. This chapter is taken from his work 'Considerations on France', published in 1796.

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