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MsDoodahs
07-13-2007, 08:16 PM
I've heard RP refer to "the Remnant" a couple of times.

Thought I would share. :)

Isaiah's Job - by Albert Jay Nock

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/nock3b.html

ToryNotion
02-03-2008, 08:01 AM
I've heard RP refer to "the Remnant" a couple of times.

Thought I would share. :)

Isaiah's Job - by Albert Jay Nock

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/nock3b.html

Thank you. I first encountered this great essay when it was posted on LRC a few years ago. I encourage everyone to read it. I'm quite sure this is what RP is talking about when he mentions 'the remnant'.

FunkBuddha
02-03-2008, 08:09 AM
I'm glad you bumped this. Anytime you get down and out about the liberty movement, read this.

ToryNotion
02-03-2008, 08:11 AM
Please read the whole essay when you have time but here is an excerpt...

What do we mean by the masses, and what by the Remnant?

As the word masses is commonly used, it suggests agglomerations of poor and underprivileged people, labouring people, proletarians, and it means nothing like that; it means simply the majority. The mass-man is one who has neither the force of intellect to apprehend the principles issuing in what we know as the humane life, nor the force of character to adhere to those principles steadily and strictly as laws of conduct; and because such people make up the great and overwhelming majority of mankind, they are called collectively the masses. The line of differentiation between the masses and the Remnant is set invariably by quality, not by circumstance. The Remnant are those who by force of intellect are able to apprehend these principles, and by force of character are able, at least measurably, to cleave to them. The masses are those who are unable to do either.

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One might suggest, therefore, that aspiring prophetical talent may well turn to another field. Sat patriae Priamoque datum – whatever obligation of the kind may be due the masses is already monstrously overpaid. So long as the masses are taking up the tabernacle of Moloch and Chiun, their images, and following the star of their god Buncombe, they will have no lack of prophets to point the way that leadeth to the More Abundant Life; and hence a few of those who feel the prophetic afflatus might do better to apply themselves to serving the Remnant. It is a good job, an interesting job, much more interesting than serving the masses; and moreover it is the only job in our whole civilization, as far as I know, that offers a virgin field.

Truth Warrior
02-03-2008, 08:12 AM
GREAT intro and lesson for the Ron Paul "newbies" here, and a refresher/reminder for the rest of us too.<IMHO> Highly recommended!

Thanks for the thread!

paulette
02-03-2008, 08:24 AM
Yes, definitely a good essay. I must admit, though embarrased, that I don't recall hearing Dr. Paul speak of the Remnant. Any links?

ToryNotion
02-03-2008, 08:28 AM
Yes, definitely a good essay. I must admit, though embarrased, that I don't recall hearing Dr. Paul speak of the Remnant. Any links?

I'm pretty sure he said it in passing on the MySpace/MTV show last night.

Freedom
02-03-2008, 08:29 AM
Yes, definitely a good essay. I must admit, though embarrased, that I don't recall hearing Dr. Paul speak of the Remnant. Any links?

Ron Paul speaks about "The Remnant" during a speech in Cheyenne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGy8Mazdu0

paulette
02-03-2008, 08:33 AM
Ron Paul speaks about "The Remnant" during a speech in Cheyenne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGy8Mazdu0

Thanks:)

crhoades
02-03-2008, 08:34 AM
Just bought this book by Nock the other day that has this piece in it as well.
http://www.libertyfund.org/details.asp?displayID=1748#

Great Stuff!

Truth Warrior
02-03-2008, 08:44 AM
"One who has recently gained attention for his efforts on behalf of the Remnant is Republican Congressman Ron Paul. He has proven himself to be that rare kind of politician who seeks to drain the life-suffocating stagnant pool that nourishes only the looters and scavengers who gather to feed upon the productive people who make a vibrant and decent society possible. It is no coincidence that Ron is a man whose professional career, as an obstetrician, involves delivering new life to the world. He is both a member of and advocate for the Remnant, expressing the integrated qualities that sustain life. It is no surprise that he is regarded as a threat to the continued existence of a political system that feeds on life."

Excerpted from another good "Remnant" article http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer157.html

katewag
02-03-2008, 09:03 AM
I just read it, and I thank you for posting it. Food for thought, as they say.

AZJoe
10-10-2018, 06:28 PM
You do not know and will never know who the Remnant are, or where they are, or how many of them there are, or what they are doing or will do. Two things you know, and no more: first, that they exist; second, that they will find you. ~ Albert Jay Nock