Conservatism Quotes · Page 3

Conservatism by its very nature is compassionate.

— Dana Perino

Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.

— Mark Twain

Conservatives believe in equality of opportunity. Liberals believe in equality of outcome.

— Mike Rosen

I think, any politician, you have to hold them to their word. And conservatives run on fiscal conservatism. .

— Chris Matthews

I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece…

— Romola Garai

People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government.

— Bob McDonnell

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

— Lord Acton

Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness.

— Anonymous

Conservatism, ever more timorous and narrow, disgusts the children, and drives them for a mouthful of fresh air into radicalism.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.

— Kristi Noem

In the end the recrudescence of racism on the right is conservatism's problem to solve, and it has to be solved independently…

— Ross Douthat

Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought…

— Herman Melville

In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to…

— Louise Mensch

In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets…

— John Howard

The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues…

— William Howard Taft

I care more about my economy, national security, and fiscal conservatism than I do about what other women do with their bodies.…

— Meghan McCain

Look, I'm a conservative, I'm a very conservative guy, and - and the Trump campaign is making your job over at NBC…

— Ben Shapiro

Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that…

— George Orwell

He who today utters a bold truth that seems to shock some old institution with the premonition of destruction, and that scares…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

There is no incompatibility between moral clarity and intellectual firepower, between faith in God and humility -- in fact, they're mutually dependent,…

— David Limbaugh

“A favorite liberal taunt is to accuse conservatives of clinging to an idealized past. Poor, right-wing Americans vaguely sense the world is…

— Ann Coulter

I don't understand how the Republican party is the party with the reputation for fiscal conservatism and fiscal sanity, when they're the…

— Bill Maher

The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act…

— Robertson Davies

The Africans were oftentimes allied with the antagonist of the Republic. Now, you may want to step back and ask yourself why…

— Gerald Horne

The two parties which divide the State, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation are very old, and have disputed the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is the ultimate war of ideas. You're trying to get somebody to change their mind about conservatism, because that's exactly what…

— Immortal Technique

What I have advocated is not wild radicalism. It is the highest and wisest kind of conservatism.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.

— George W. Bush

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The essence of Conservatism is fear: fear of what is not understood, fear of change, fear of the new, fear of what's…

— Gene Pozniak

The genteel conservatism of 'Downton Abbey' is not a rigid, extremist ideology whose adherents are bent on power at all costs.

— Max Boot

“As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead, something to which lip service is paid in…

— Allan Bloom

“Government could avoid having opinions about so many things if it would quit subsidizing so many things.”

— George will

Harvey Weinstein does not personify American liberalism any more than Bill O'Reilly personifies American conservatism.

— Richard Cohen

American Conservatism is finished, and its remaining adherents are, whether they know it or not, merely ghosts wandering, mazed, in the daylight.

— Revilo P. Oliver

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

— Christopher Lasch

People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.

— Zadie Smith

“To make no decision in regard to the growth of authoritarian government is already a decision for it.”

— Francis August Schaeffer

I think if conservatives spent more time planting trees the world would be a better place.

— Jeremy Limn

You can recruit the populace conservatism for the interests of corporate conservatism that the two things can be married into one unholy…

— Jeff Sharlet