Tea at Trianon: Bringing Reagan’s Ideals to a Crumbling America

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Bringing Reagan’s Ideals to a Crumbling America

From The Right Flank:

During the past four years, the DNC and federal entities have violated our constitution, destroyed our economy, and failed to secure our borders. Unlike elections from previous decades, this upcoming election has much less to do with political parties and much more to do with us choosing a candidate who can fight for our liberties, create economic prosperity, and ensure that America does not lose sight of its core values.
These growing threats are, in fact, the very danger that Reagan warned us about decades ago when he said that “freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction”.
By studying some of the history of the 1980s, people can revive their hope that the right American president can restore a shattered economy and increase our country’s respect around the globe. While the DNC has destroyed our country’s economy and respect, we are still not beyond repair, as a president like Trump who embodies some of Reagan’s ideology could help bring restoration to our country in 2024-2028. (Read more.)