Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the mule of politics that engenders nothing. — Benjamin Disraeli 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
A cohort's 'liberalism' or 'conservatism' is dependent on the success of the presidential administration they come of age under. — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out. — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“Revolution from above, in some states and cases, is [...] often preferable to the status quo, or to no revolution at all.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Few news stories can demonstrate the stark difference between conservatism and liberalism like the George Zimmerman trial has done. — Mike Gallagher Copy Share Image
The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's often been said that conservatism is successful because it chimes with these basic human instincts. It's time for us to ask… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
They say you never grow poor taking profits. No, you don't. But neither do you grow rich taking a four-point profit in… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
It is rare to find an established community of Christians that encourages radical expressions of following Jesus. The natural conservatism of institutions… — Michael Spencer Copy Share Image
In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to… — Louise Mensch Copy Share Image
New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani,… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I'm not denying I've espoused and promoted conservatism, because conservatism's the alternative. And conservatism works every time it's tried. That's the problem.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It is, indeed, part of the liberal attitude to assume that, especially in the economic field, the self-regulating forces of the market… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I am a conservative. I have said I don't know how many times, conservatism is an intellectual pursuit. And by that I… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The data on the economic utility of artists is really, really strong. Artists and entrepreneurs are the same people...and of course entrepreneurs… — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
“Conservatism, then, is not a commitment to limited government and liberty—or a wariness of change, a belief in evolutionary reform, or a… — Corey Robin Copy Share Image
Conservatism means re-embracing true free enterprise. True free enterprise, which I believe and not because my parents were wealthy, not because I… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
But what we know, we who are either observers of a business we once were in and loved, or are people within… — Hodding Carter III Copy Share Image
This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The principles of conservatism include upholding the rule of law and the United Kingdom's international legal obligations. — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained. — David Frum Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.' — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
What I have advocated is not wild radicalism. It is the highest and wisest kind of conservatism. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“He was one of those who are driven early in life into too conservative an attitude by the bewildering folly of most… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The genteel conservatism of 'Downton Abbey' is not a rigid, extremist ideology whose adherents are bent on power at all costs. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
I think that conservatism as we understand it is coming under great strain during the era of Trump. — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In the end the recrudescence of racism on the right is conservatism's problem to solve, and it has to be solved independently… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
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