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Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos

@ojelrodriguez

Lecturer in International Relations & Political Thought. Views are my own and not necessarily those of my employers. RT ≠ endorsement.

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"[moral] judgements are possible because civilised men are born into a world full of historical objectivities of which a moral practice or language is one."-Shirley Letwin

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"To achieve independence, and even to confiscate it once achieved, does not mean that those who sit in the seats of power can govern either honestly or efficiently"-Elie Kedourie

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Everything about the Giants stinks — coaching, defense, offense (without Dart), special teams, and front office. What a disgrace.

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"In civil association the validity of a law lies neither in the wisdom of the conditions it imposes upon conduct, nor even in its propensity to promote peace, but in its being the command of the sovereign and...in its being effectively enforced."-Michael Oakeshott

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In examining the evolution of modern politics, Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos reveals how the loss of Humean moderation and scepticism has driven public life toward ideological excess and the perils of shipwreck. loom.ly/aaOti9k

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Today I deliver the closing lecture at the Centro Sofía Symposium on Dilexit Nos and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. My talk—“The Politics of the Sacred Heart in Times of Agonism on Steroids”—asks how love and civility can rescue politics from conflict.

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"It is a great pity there has been so much waste and so much neglect of classical learning in American political science, but it is hardly a tragedy"-Maurice Cranston

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Deep into research for my next project: "From Conservative to Liberal Soulcraft: The Thought of George F. Will." Will is a fascinating figure, particularly for the evolution of his thought and what it reveals about the future of the American Right.