[Phyllis Schlaffley and Pat Buchanan and Jeff Sessions] do know conservatism, but I think they are wrong. — Erick Erickson Copy Share Image
“Conservatives and those on the right are usually willing to settle for thinking themselves correct on political issues; those on the left… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“As the social matrix becomes increasingly subject to rapid fluctuations, throwing out anchors into a collectivised past becomes more prominent than movement… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
The conservatives nearly always tolerate the demagogue while he is destroying liberals. — Harry Golden Copy Share Image
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds -- some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Conservatism must be based on allowing everyone to become an owner - equity for everyman. — John Redwood Copy Share Image
“Most of us are not really so arrogant as to think we have a right to remold the world in our image.… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The [Sarah ]Palin endorsement as sort of vouching for Donald Trump is all about. She is the sort of tribune of not… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
When the Republican Party is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism then clearly I would argue that we've lost our way. — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not the problem. Conservatism is the founding of this country, essentially. Conservatism isn't even really an ideology. Conservatism is just… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
There is no incompatibility between moral clarity and intellectual firepower, between faith in God and humility -- in fact, they're mutually dependent,… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
“But instead of this world unification ushering in an age of prosperity and peace, as most globalists believe it will, it will… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think you should pay for your own mortgage, birth control and college loans. It's not because I'm a conservative, it's because… — John Hawkins Copy Share Image
“By the eighteenth century many were showing all the negative conservatism of a vested interest overtaken by events: dogged devotion to old… — Timothy C.W. Blanning Copy Share Image
Conservatism is affluent and openhanded, but there is a cunning juggle in riches. I observe that they take somewhat for everythingthey give.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image