Conservatism is the negation of Ideology.

As an ideology - and certainly as a political identity - conservatism is less popular than the very principles and values it stands for.

— Shelby Steele

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.

— Christopher Lasch

There is something about liberalism that is not nearly as true about conservatism. The further left one goes, the more one finds that the…

— Dennis Prager

“[Conservatism is] a fight for keeping these qualities that made us move unceasingly.”

— Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about…

— Anonymous

If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in…

— Tom Peters

Conservatism is an active intellectual pursuit; it requires a constant vigilance. It has nothing to do with feelings. Liberalism is the most gutless choice…

— Rush Limbaugh

If Theresa May is big enough to admit her mistakes and put a kinder Conservatism into the heart of her government, she may survive,…

— Anna Soubry

Conservatism is the worship of dead revolutions.

— Clinton Rossiter

A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.

— Lord Acton

Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off…

— Joe Wurzelbacher

Conservatism defends those coercive arrangements which a still-lingering savageness makes requisite. Radicalism endeavours to realize a state more in harmony with the character of…

— Herbert Spencer

Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.

— Brian Eno

“Conservatism aims to maintain in working order the loyalties of the community to perceived truths and also to those truths which in their judgment…

— William F. Buckley Jr

Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that…

— Marco Rubio