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Conservative Quotes by Russell Kirk
- I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather…
- The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of…
- Nothing is more conservative than conservation
- The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics as a revolutionary…
- If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we may rebuild society;…
- The resources of nature, like those of spirit, are running out, and all that a conscientious man can aspire to be is a literal conservative,…
- To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the conservative interest, that…
- The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character – with the perennial problem of the inner order…
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- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's… — Michele Bachmann
- The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done. — Arthur Balfour
- Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
- I actually get more conservative when I'm in Vegas. — Roseanne Barr
- A government of laws, and not of men. — John Adams
- Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and you can… — Glenn Beck
- What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me. It means… — Glenn Beck
- I am a conservative, but I am not a zombie. — Glenn Beck
- No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road… — Glenn Beck
- When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. — Ambrose Bierce