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When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment

Roger Scruton

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Roger Scruton
Age: 75 †
Born: 1944
Born: February 27
Died: 2020
Died: January 12
Aesthetician
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Philosopher
Political Scientist
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Roger Vernon Scruton
Professor Sir Roger Vernon Scruton
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States are more like people than they are like anything else: they exist by purpose, reason, suffering, and joy. And peace between states is also like peace between people. It involves the willing renunciation of purpose, in the mutual desire not to do, but to be.
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Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.
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