MANCHESTER SQUARE
May 2012
'The intelligentsia ignored the irruption of religious fanaticism into domestic British politics. In the face of these foes of civilisation, silence is the worst form of cowardice'
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April 2012
'We all — all classes, races and genders of every sexual persuasion — have a stake in restoring the authority of marriage, because our civilisation depends on it'
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March 2012
One of the strangest sights in contemporary intellectual life has been the apotheosis of the secular saint. Like the
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January/February 2012
'It is true that certain faiths, ideologies and cultures make submission the supreme virtue, while the civilisation that emerged from Athens, Rome and Jerusalem has cherished liberty in all its forms'
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Manchester Square
Manchester Square is Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson's monthly editorial, named after Standpoint's London location.
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