Conservatism Quotes

208 Conservatism quotes by 163 unique authors

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me. — John Wooden
But the Church cannot be, in any political sense, either conservative or liberal, or revolutionary. Conservatism is too often conservation of the wrong things: liberalism… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals. — Mark Twain
I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit. — Mark Levin
Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about the… — Mark Levin
But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got… — Kurt Vonnegut
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. — Thomas Sowell
Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is… — Frank Herbert
The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character â€“ with the perennial problem of the inner order… — Russell Kirk
There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age that the honorable… — Noam Chomsky
Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions. — Sigmund Freud
â€Ž"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical… — Barry Goldwater
Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams -… — Lin Yutang
Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the progressives. Conservatism can… — Chuck Klosterman
Conservatism stands on man's confessed limitations; reform on his indisputable infinitude; conservatism on circumstance; liberalism on power; one goes to make an adroit member of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The enemy isn't conservatism. The enemy isn't liberalism. The enemy is bulls**t. — Unknown Author
What I have been talking about for many years is opportunity conservatism, that every policy should focus like a laser on easing the means of… — Ted Cruz
Postwar Europe was morally stagnant, and there was a lot of neo-conservatism. — Romola Garai
In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also… — John Howard
The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness and… — Vladimir Putin

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