Conservatism Quotes

208 quotes by 163 authors

Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism. — Brian Eno
The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions.... We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of… — Barry Goldwater
I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a… — Jim Wallis
The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past… — Iain Duncan Smith
The Americans of 1776 were among the first men in modern society to defend rather than to seek an open society and constitutional liberty.... Perhaps… — Clinton Rossiter
There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but also in its… — Jonah Goldberg
Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C. — Kristi Noem
The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it regards signs of… — Irving Kristol
I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio,… — Douglas Brinkley
Since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives of various sorts, and conservatisms of various stripes, have generally been in the ascendancy. And a good thing,… — William Kristol
In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to make an economic… — Louise Mensch
Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness. — William Kristol
Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one. — Elbert Hubbard
A man who is determined never to move out of the beaten road cannot lose his way. — William Hazlitt
Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions. — Marya Mannes
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
The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people s suffering for his principles. — E L Doctorow
The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a stable social structure… — Henry A. Kissinger
The conservatives nearly always tolerate the demagogue while he is destroying liberals. — Harry Golden

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