A Little Richard Weaver

We had occasion to revisit the Southern Essays of Richard Weaver recently. We found many gems, including these from his essay, "Lee the Philosopher":

It is fatuous to say, as is being said now, that all men want peace. Men want peace part of the time, and part of the time they want war. Or, if we may shift to the single individual, part of him wants peace and another part wants war, and it is upon the resolution of this inner struggle that our prospect of general peace depends.

To [Lee] as to a number of grave thinkers the touchstone of conduct is how one wields powers over others.

Education is discipline and education is lifelong; indeed, we have Lee's own statement that no man's education is completed until his death.