“It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
One of the most important things liberals don't understand about conservatism, obscured by too much lazy talk about conservatism's various 'wings,' is… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
There has been an unspoken assumption among establishment Republicans that all they have to do is wait out Hurricane Trump and then… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect… — Jonathan Krohn Copy Share Image
In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Today conservatism has arrived in that dark place. Even as American journalism lurches palpably to the right, the best-selling right-wing media critics… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the… — Russell Kirk 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
“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Conservatism, we are told, is out-of-date. This charge is preposterous and we ought to boldly say so. The laws of God, and… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education,… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
“[They] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central conservative insight; that… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
The recent blind faith some Republicans have shown toward free trade actually represents more of an aberration than a hallmark of true… — Robert Lighthizer Copy Share Image
There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The Founders were not democrats and socialists..., but conservatives who had a healthy distrust of political passions and who devised a complex… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
I don't think Trump is a conservative. I think he is a man without any fixed principles. And to the extent he… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Italy remained attached to conservatism. It had a political class that lived in the past and didn't build the future. The past… — Matteo Renzi Copy Share Image
I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people… — Mary Matalin Copy Share Image
“The Bible Belt is collapsing. The world of nominal, cultural Christianity that took the American dream and added Jesus to it in… — Russell D. Moore Copy Share Image
“The ease with which large producers can transfer their costs is the glaring abuse through which the market – otherwise one of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I think a lot of things have become associated with the Right. For example, an unapologetic commitment to progress and modernity is… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
“...We are reviled, much like black conservatives and any other minority group that says ‘no’ to the Left’s victimhood politics…It’s amazing that… — Chadwick Moore Copy Share Image
Northeastern conservatism is moderate, accepts the modern welfare state, and dislikes mixing religion with politics. Western conservatism is hawkish, hates government, and… — Jacob Weisberg 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
That is the crux of modern conservatism - government taking strong measures to foster the attitudes and aptitudes necessary for increased individual… — George Will Copy Share Image
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“entrenchment of social conservatism, being a strident belief in God, King and Country that arose after the disillusionment of the Belle Époque… — Paul Ham Copy Share Image
Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I think having power ingrains people with a conservatism. There's a tendency to hedge one's bets. (Which explains a lot, actually, about… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
Conscientious conservatism includes responding to the needs and struggles of Americans with a responsible and efficient government and incorporating outside organizations that… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
Today we are fighting Communism. Okay. If I'd been alive fifty years ago, the brand of Conservatism we have today would have… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Conservatism is about freedom, yes. But it is also about the institutions and attitudes that shape the responsible citizen, and ensure that… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
If Theresa May is big enough to admit her mistakes and put a kinder Conservatism into the heart of her government, she… — Anna Soubry 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
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