Advances Quote by Charles M. Blow

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried

— Abraham Lincoln

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Conservatism, then, is not a commitment to limited government and liberty—or a wariness of change, a belief in evolutionary reform, or a politics of…

— Corey Robin

Conservatism is, among many other things, a culture. The most important glue binding it together is a shared sense of cultural grievance - the…

— Rick Perlstein

The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwards—to chaotic darkness and…

— Nikolai Berdyaev

Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Conservatism to me is limited government, liberty and sticking to the Constitution and realizing that government is not the solution to almost anything, that…

— Katie Pavlich

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

— Ronald Reagan

Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage…

— Gerald R. Ford

The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness…

— Vladimir Putin

In certain quarters, conservatism is simply racism by another name. And minorities who openly identify themselves as conservatives are still novelties, fish out of…

— Shelby Steele

Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken,…

— William F. Buckley, Jr