The defense of freedom and right and truth

Jonah Goldberg wrote,

Sometimes you can’t get to a good place without going through a bad place first. That’s true in our own lives and it’s true of nations.

Speaking of unwavering principle, I’m reminded of Frank Meyer’s famous argument for using nuclear weapons if required to defend liberty. The first “conservatarian” wrote that: Even granted the most horrendous estimates of the effects of their use, the preservation of human life as a biological phenomenon is an end far lower than the defense of freedom and right and truth. These the victory of Communism would destroy. These it is our duty to defend at all costs.

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