The candidacy of Donald Trump is the open sewer of American conservatism. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
“The most profound radicalism is often the most profound conservatism.” — Jackson Lears Copy Share Image
Conservatism, for me, is the philosophy and the politics of attachment. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“He who is not liberal with what he has, does but deceive himself when he thinks he would be liberal if he… — William Swan Plumer Copy Share Image
Of course, it is the case that conservatism as I envisage it distances itself always from abstract conceptions and tries to find… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[Phyllis Schlaffley and Pat Buchanan and Jeff Sessions] do know conservatism, but I think they are wrong. — Erick Erickson Copy Share Image
The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C. — Kristi Noem Copy Share Image
I care more about my economy, national security, and fiscal conservatism than I do about what other women do with their bodies.… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
The appeal of conservatism is the mutuality it asserts between individual and political freedom, its beautiful idea of a free man in… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I didn't become a Tory just to become part of a managerial group who wanted to run the country... I want to… — Liz Truss Copy Share Image
“The irony is that when you set out to remove bias you use your own possibly unconscious biases in deciding what's harmful… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that… — Elizabeth Kenny Copy Share Image
Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of… — Greg Bear Copy Share Image
Conservatism's vulnerability is simply that it has no way to extract power from the evils America owned up to in the '60s… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the… — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
You can't believe how pro gay and pro freedom of speech I am. I'm way out beyond anyone on the Left. And… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative,… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“In theory of the authoritarian personality, Adorno et al. (1950) argue that paternal punitiveness creates fear and aggressiveness that encourages individuals to… — Bethany Albertson Copy Share Image
“Society will always do better where citizens have a belief in justice, honour and private morality. Where individuals are reduced to the… — Cory Bernardi Copy Share Image
“It is possible that a slow decline in the power of organized conservatism in America will usher in a new era of… — George Hawley Copy Share Image
“The rise of Milo, Trump and the alt-right are not evidence of the return of the conservatism, but instead of the absolute… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The only reactionaries are those who find themselves at home in the present. — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
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