Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives, after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick, or aged: in the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience have been aroused, when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet

“New England Reformers,” lecture, Boston (1844-03-03), Essays: Second Series (1844)
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