Equality & Other Goods

From Twilight of Authority by Robert Nisbet:

Equality has a built-in revolutionary force lacking in such ideas as justice or liberty. For once the ideal of equality becomes uppermost it can become insatiable in its demands. It is possible to conceive of human beings conceding that they have enough freedom or justice in a social order; it is not possible to imagine them ever declaring they have enough equality–once, that is, equality becomes a cornerstone of national policy. (p.184) 

The Quest for Community

From The Quest for Community by Robert Nisbet:

A sense of the past is far more basic to the maintenance of freedom than hope for the future. (p.184)

A succinct justification of my profession.