Conservatism Quotes · Page 7

The conservatives nearly always tolerate the demagogue while he is destroying liberals.

— Harry Golden

All I do is convert liberals to conservatism. That's what I do, and that's why they don't like me.

— Rush Limbaugh

Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war…

— Thomas Frank

Leaders should not just talk about - but walk the walk of - fiscal conservatism.

— Michael Enzi

Conservatism accomplished a lot of its goals in the latter part of the 20th century. What does 21st-century conservatism look like?

— Steve Schmidt

“Think about it... The Republicans have gone from Abraham Lincoln to Sarah Palin to Donald Trump. No wonder they don't believe in…

— Andy Borowitz

Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.

— Sigmund Freud

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

— Ronald Reagan

One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to…

— Jeff Greenfield

Drag resists conservatism in the most basic way possible, and also in the most effective way possible, because it's improper when it…

— Sasha Velour

Here lies one of the world's rare generalized TINAs. There Is No Alternative to creativity and innovation: these days, obscurantism and conservatism…

— Robert Heller

The conservatism is extraordinary to me; just compare the way they dress to the way their parents dress. There are still no…

— Tina Barney

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

— John Howard

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

— Meghan McCain

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

Judge Thomas was a man who had used the system to get where he wanted to be, but then felt that everyone…

— Joycelyn Elders

Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism…

— Christopher Buckley

Here's an irony of the history of conservatism's relationship with business and business's relationship with conservatism: 'Wall Street' used to be the…

— Rick Perlstein

“The Tea Party that reenergized the GOP in 2010 and that implacably attacked Obama turned out to be a familiar nemesis of…

— Ian Haney López

“The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently…

— Theodore J. Kaczynski

“The left loses most policy debates, leading them to engage in the politics of personal destruction. Many liberals do not see conservatives…

— Eric Golub

The neo-conservatives, who are closely linked to the neo-corporatists, are rather different. They claim to be conservatives, when everything they stand for…

— John Ralston Saul

G.K. Chesterton, who was part of a Catholic conservatism that was kind and loving, not reactionary or hateful, said "We're all in…

— Richard Rohr

When caring for your neighbor becomes a compulsory obligation imposed by government instead of voluntary, charity turns to confiscation and freedom to…

— Star Parker

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

— Anonymous

Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that's why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.

— Marco Rubio

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

Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that…

— Jonathan Krohn

“Young professionals, I reminded myself, sympathetic as they may seem with a disarming modesty, are always necessarily invested in conservatism.”

— Stan Goff

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

— Zadie Smith

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

— Jeremy Limn

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

— Francis August Schaeffer

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

“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

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried

— Abraham Lincoln