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| Thomas Molnar (26 July 1921-20 July 2010) |
No epilogue can be written to this story because it is not finished yet. Its ending must be anyway postponed because the revolution, even conquering, would be unable to bring order out of its turbulent entrails. Victorious, it would usher in a state of perpetual disorder, "situations" following one another in a kind of mad dance. The revolution destroys any kind of order, even the one it momentarily establishes. A revolutionary regime can only be perpetuated by a class that, after profiting by it, rules with an iron hand. Thus a revolutionary victory always results in a dreadful stagnation. Otherwise, when the revolution does not triumph but remains only as a destructive factor in a non-revolutionary society, it unnerves the latter, attacks its healthy base, keeps it in a state of terror. The task of counter-revolutionaries is simply to defend society and the principles of ordered community. It is a non-spectacular task, without final victory, its successes won in minds and souls rather than on the forum. It is a never-ending task, a daily burden. And so it must be performed, every day.* Reprinted from The Counter-Revolution by Thomas Molnar, Funk & Wagnalls, 1969, pp. 202-203
