Conservatism Quotes

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Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are… — Henry Ward Beecher
For nearly a decade Democrats have sought a religious wedge issue that could separate big chunks of white evangelical voters from their Republican home. Now… — Marvin Olasky
The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwardsâ€”to chaotic darkness and the… — Nikolai Berdyaev
Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
It is liberalism, whether people like it or not, which has animated all the years of my life. What on Earth did conservatism ever accomplish… — Charles Kuralt
A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic. — Gough Whitlam
Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man's spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,â€” in the name… — Barry Goldwater
The oldest philosophy in the world is conservatism, and I go clear back to the first Greeks. ... When you say 'radical right' today, I… — Barry Goldwater
Darwin's prediction of rampant, albeit gradual, change affecting all lineages through time is refuted. The record is there, and the record speaks for tremendous anatomical… — Niles Eldredge
Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something. — Jonathan Krohn
I believe that this is the key, the principle itself is the key to conservatism. Because in many ways if you do not have a… — Jonathan Krohn
I want the American people to understand that conservatism is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights. — Jonathan Krohn
In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less… — Jonathan Krohn
The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not… — Elizabeth Kenny
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism. — Lord Acton
Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life… — Morris Raphael Cohen
Conservatism is constitutionally opposed to public reason, and this explains the abandon with which so many conservative pundits embrace flagrant simulations of reason, constructed through… — Philip E. Agre
Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not closed… — Bill Moyers
RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day. — Ambrose Bierce
The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act young and everlastingly… — Robertson Davies

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