True Romance. - periodical reviews

National Review, Sept 2, 1988 by D. Keith Mano

These people, it should go without saying, respect parent, nation, hard work, faith. But, more than that, their hopefulness, their romantic disposition, implies a basic optimism about existence. They accept what has been given them, even when that is apparently inadequate. They have the gratefulness for life that Joe Sobran has singled out as central to a conservative attitude.

They do not often assess blame: they hold themselves accountable. Very different from that other class, for whom the one romantic finish would be a thorough withering away of capitalism.