Conservative Quotes

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On the conservative side, today's libertarianism is far more dogmatic and devoid of qualification than the liberalism of Adam Smith or J.S. Mill. Like Marxism,… — Michael Lind
Although I am a strong political conservative, I now believe that the costs of our fruitless struggle against illegal drugs are not worth the modest… — Ernest Van den Haag
Youâ€™re not exempt from math if youâ€™re a Republican, and youâ€™re not exempt from math if youâ€™re a Democrat. Youâ€™re not exempt from math if… — Dave Ramsey
With the Michael Moore movie, certain conservative talk show hosts call him un-American. Him and anybody else who says anything about the war... To question… — John Fogerty
Do whatever you please, follow your own star; be original if you want to be and donâ€™t if you donâ€™t want to be. Just be… — Constance Spry
A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation's young… — Henry Ward Beecher
Archetypes, in spite of their conservative nature, are not static but in a continuous dramatic flux. Thus the self as a monad or continuous unit… — Carl Jung
Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. The average conservative is a slave… — Walter Lippmann
That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice. — Harold Rosenberg
It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by… — James Bovard
My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly. — Philip E. Berger
I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways. — Augusten Burroughs
Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the… — Jim Cooper
Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists. — Rich Lowry
Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, then liberalism, then it becomes moderated conservative, outmoded, and… — Powell Clayton
The man for whom the law exists - the man of forms, the conservative - is a tame man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Toads are conservative animals, I think, and not much given to expecting the best from fortune. Some weeks ago, well before the end of October,… — Henry Mitchell
I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous. — Shannen Doherty
Eating a vegetarian diet, walking (exercising) everyday, and meditating is considered radical. Allowing someone to slice your chest open and graft your leg veins in… — Dean Ornish

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