The objectives of Quadrant Magazine
and its online and book publishing offshoots are enshrined in the constitution of Quadrant Magazine Ltd, the
non-profit company that publishes them. Quadrant describes its principal purpose as being the defence of the values, practices, and institutions
of a free and open society by fostering literary and cultural activity of the highest standard; in particular, a
commitment to the preservation and advancement of the cultural freedom that is the distinctive component of traditional
Western culture.
Quadrant publishes essays on literature, art,
film, television, theatre, music, architecture, as well as history, philosophy, religion, politics, Australian
society and Western civilisation.