The ethics of rhetoric

by Richard M. Weaver

[30] Works, III, 315.

[31] Works, III, 317.

[32] Works, VI, 52.

[33] Loc. cit.

[34] Works, VI, 57.

[35] Works, VI, 88.

[36] Works, I, 476.

[37] It is interesting to compare this with his statement in An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (Works, III, 77): “The number engaged in crimes, instead of turning them into laudable acts, only augments the quantity and intensity of the guilt.”

[38] Works, I, 479.

[39] Works, I, 509.