Adherence Quote by Abraham Lincoln Download Open image “What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried” — Abraham Lincoln ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adherence Conservatism Political Politics Success
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is… — George Haven Putnam Copy Share Image
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom... — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“You say you are conservative—eminently conservative—while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by ‘our fathers who framed the Government under which we live’;… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share
Conservatism to me is limited government, liberty and sticking to the Constitution and realizing that government is not the solution to almost anything, that… — Katie Pavlich 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 politics of… — Corey Robin 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 been undertaken,… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
“Conservatism aims to maintain in working order the loyalties of the community to perceived truths and also to those truths which in their judgment… — William F. Buckley Jr Copy Share Image
Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism; and with its traditionalistic, anti-intellectual, and often mystical propensities it will never, except in short periods of disillusionment, appeal to the young and all those others who believe that… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share
The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwards—to chaotic darkness and… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Intellectual adherence is never owed to anything whatsoever, for it is never in any degree a voluntary thing. Attention alone is voluntary. It alone… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Having been brought up with a definition of faith as adherence to a set of beliefs, I have more and more begun to turn… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Some communities will be abandoned, others will struggle along, others will split, others will flourish, gain members, and be duplicated elsewhere. Each community must… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
Devotion to the facts will always give the pleasures of recognition; adherence to the rules of design, the pleasures of order and certainty. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
If the student truly absorbs the concept of free inquiry in the field of music, unimpeded by blind adherence to doctrine and tradition, he… — William Howard Schuman Copy Share Image
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally admitted we… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image