Conservatism Quotes · Page 6

Conservatism, when presented in full strength at the ballot, wins at the ballot.

— Dana Loesch

My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.

— Gary Johnson

In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.

— Tony Campolo

The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces…

— Tony Blair

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

— Rick Perry

In many ways, Nixon started the modern notion of 'compassionate conservatism,' which as we all know is neither 'compassionate' nor 'conservative.'

— Monica Crowley

Obamacare notwithstanding, the current president's progressive instincts have been neutered by the rise of the Tea Party and Luddite conservatism.

— Richard Corliss

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.

— Woodrow Wilson

"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the…

— Barry Goldwater

All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must…

— Hyman Rickover

Conservatism, I believe, happens to be what happens when people behave according to a certain moral code, a certain sense of right…

— Rush Limbaugh

Portman embodies the formula for GOP modernization: a conservatism that unapologetically applies the principle of individual freedom consistently to both fiscal and…

— Margaret Hoover

Conservatism, being an upper-class characteristic, is decorous; and conversely, innovation, being a lower-class phenomenon, is vulgar. ...Innovation is bad form.

— Thorstein Veblen

It is a striking example of modern conservatism's emphasis on the moral worth of the individual. ... When I look at the…

— Ramesh Ponnuru

While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes…

— Daisaku Ikeda

Don't send your kids to Baylor. And don't send your kids to [Texas] A&M... Texas A&M used to be a conservative university.…

— Tom DeLay

One of the basic philosophical tenets of conservatism - which says that the more power devolves from the federal government to the…

— Steve Erickson

“At the time, he told his children to watch themselves, to understand that the tides of conservatism came and went and if…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

It is unquestionably true that the investment companies have their money more conventionally invested than we do. To many people conventionality is…

— Warren Buffett

Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from…

— A. J. P. Taylor

You can't believe how pro gay and pro freedom of speech I am. I'm way out beyond anyone on the Left. And…

— Penn Jillette

In my early twenties the nature of conservatism itself changed. When I identified as a fourteen-year-old conservative, it was closer to what…

— Steve Erickson

The United States of America are more of a concept than a historically evolved geographical conclusion, compared to European countries. I find…

— Josephine Meckseper

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

— Joe Wurzelbacher

I am not a conservative — neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook... I just do not happen to be that animal.

— Allan Bloom

“Why is there never a headline that says "Government program ends as its intended goal has been achieved"?”

— Oleg Atbashian

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

— Janusz Korwin-Mikke

The enemy isn't conservatism. The enemy isn't liberalism. The enemy is bulls**t.

— Lars-Erik Nelson

Ted Cruz just in a different league. He understands conservatism because he is.

— Rush Limbaugh

The [Sarah ]Palin endorsement as sort of vouching for Donald Trump is all about. She is the sort of tribune of not…

— Chris Hayes

“Unfortunately, a lot of liberals seem to choose what policies to support based on whether they make them feel nice or mean,…

— John Hawkins

I think one of the fundamental divides between progressivism and conservatism is conceit versus humility.

— Will Cain

“Before you take anything away you must have something better to put in its place.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

— Eric Hoffer

In the conventional wisdom of conservatives, the modern search for security is regularly billed as the greatest single threat to economic progress.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.”

— Rick Perlstein

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Conservatism should be a reality-based philosophy, and the movement will be better off if it recognizes that facts really do matter.

— Charlie Sykes

I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.

— Criss Jami

Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.

— Abraham Kuyper