‘What was the principal promise of liberalism to Hungarians who were being liberated? Nothing less than the Western gospel: the almost suspiciously harmonious unity of political freedom, peace, and prosperity.’

‘Antifa is “proudly illiberal” and rejects the liberal principles of freedom of speech, opinion, and assembly. From a revolutionary perspective, a legalistic approach to rights is not worthy of respect, since, in Antifa’s view, rights are not “inalienable”. For antifascists, the wellbeing of marginalized groups takes precedence over abstract liberal rights.’

‘Before the term “liberal” became ideological, it referred to much more general, non-political characteristics: open-mindedness, generosity, and the like…Liberalism, however, marked the triumphant beginnings of modernity, which aimed to create a political morality called “the conception of rational choice as the generator of political order”.’

‘The lessons from Molnar’s book about Bernanos remain fresh today. The “fascist temptation” has not disappeared, but only appears in new forms…Bernanos’s prophecy is interesting because there are still today, and probably always will be, movements that call for a radical break with the past, and announce a return to the “pure source”, with the creation of an imagined future order or return to a past order and hierarchy that has not yet been corrupted.’