41 Quotes by Brad Miner

The egalitarianism that is the most offensive is the notion, whether embodied in opinion or law, that every way of behaving is as good as any other and that the man who stands apart by reason of his dignity, restraint, and discernment is somehow an Enemy of the People

I propose three models—archetypes if you like—that comprise the dimensions of a chivalrous gentleman’s character: the warrior, the lover, and the monk.

From its earliest days, America has been an incubator of moral ambition.

A gentleman is contemplative in that he never ceases to refine his sense of reality.

When the next war comes—and it will (so history teaches us)—the burden of combat will not be carried by either strong women or weak men, although the sacrifice of the former will be warmly embraced by the best men.

Still, taking the good with the bad, chivalry, like Christianity, had a healthy effect upon Western man.

It is remarkable that chivalry, no matter how actual or merely aspirational it was in its own day, appeared when it did—that it appeared at all!

It was not enough for knights simply to love and fight well; they needed to sacrifice everything for the highest ideals, such as a Grail quest.

chivalry demands that a man respect a woman’s wishes. Needless to say, this does not mean that a compleat gentleman is his lady’s lackey.