MANCHESTER SQUARE
July/August 2012
'Britons should be ashamed of the fact that the threat of violence and intimidation apparently carries more weight with out authorities than freedom of speech'
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June 2012
'Capitalism renews itself incessantly: it has survived wars and revolutions, booms and busts, depressions and inflations. As long as the West does not renounce capitalism, its long-term prosperity is secure'
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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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Manchester Square is Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson's monthly editorial, named after Standpoint's London location.
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