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The consequences of Richard Weaver.
The past shows unvaryingly that when a people's freedom disappears, it goes not with a bang, but in silence amid the comfort of being cared for. That is the dire peril in the present trend toward statism. If freedom is not found accompanied by a willingness to resist, and to reject favors, rather than to give up what is intangible but precarious, it will not long be found at all.
--Richard Weaver, 1962
In the great pantheon of half-forgotten conservative sages, the southern writer Richard M. Weaver (1910-1963) occupies an important, if curious, niche. I say "writer" but that is an imprecise designation. By trade, Weaver was a professor of rhetoric. He is ...
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- The Vision of Richard Weaver.
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- Magazine article from: Modern Age Attarian, John March 22, 2003 700+ words
...these and other myths, the real Richard Weaver emerges as a genial friend, dedicated...Western World' which most engaged Richard Weaver's attention and affections...bringing us full circle, back to Weaver's Southern roots. The numerous...
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- Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life McAlister, Jeff May 1, 2001 700+ words
...SHORTER WRITINGS OF RICHARD M. WEAVER, 1929-1963. Edited and with...813 pp. $25 cloth, $15 paper. Richard Weaver, it may be said, was conservative...until his untimely death in 1963, Weaver is best remembered today for Ideas...
- Weaver wanted to win in Detroit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lowe, John July 8, 2002 700+ words
NEW YORK _ When Jeff Weaver joined the New York Yankees, he felt like Red Wings captain...surrounded by stars. "The Red Wings are the Yankees of hockey," Weaver said. But Weaver would have been happy to stay with Mike Ilitch's other team...
- Weaver Leather speaks success: this company says it loud and...
- Magazine article from: Inside Business Beach, Ruth Corradi September 1, 2006 700+ words
...communicating with its employees. That company is Weaver Leather, the winner of NorthCoast 99's 2006 Communication Award. Founded in 1937 by Harry Weaver and located in Mount Hope, Ohio, Weaver Leather produces leather and nylon tack goods...
Source: HighBeam Research, The consequences of Richard Weaver.