Conservatism Quotes · Page 4

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

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

In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'

— P. J. O'Rourke

Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

— Elbert Hubbard

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

Conservatism and old fogeyism are totally different things; the motto of one is "Prove all things and hold fast that which is…

— William Osler

So, it's important for us to acknowledge that we're prone to be conservative, and in turn surround ourselves with individuals who will…

— Shigeru Miyamoto

I think, when you see kind of dysfunction among the Democrats of the Republicans, it impacts the whole country: the way we…

— Juan Williams

Dog whistles about women who want handouts are simply an acceptable way to say that women are not worth as much as…

— Heather Cox Richardson

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

After world war all we got was a lot of conformity, and conservatism and when I was in college at the university…

— Hugh Hefner

We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will…

— Warren Buffett

Indeed, while Nature is wonderfully inventive of new structures, her conservatism in holding on to old ones is still more remarkable. In…

— John M. Tyler

Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but…

— Jonah Goldberg

At a recent conference, a colleague told one of us that in IPCC discussions, some scientists have been reluctant to make strong…

— Naomi Oreskes

f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer…

— Ronald Reagan

My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative…

— Jane Smiley

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

To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.

— Richard Hofstadter

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

Conservatism is not a political ideology, it is a severe form of brain damage for which there's hardly any cure.

— Malachy McCourt

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.

— David Frum