Attempting Quote by Daisaku Ikeda

“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

“The essence of Conservatism is fear: fear of what is not understood, fear of change, fear of the new, fear of what's different, fear…

— Gene Pozniak

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of…

— Morris Raphael Cohen

Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not…

— Bill Moyers

Conservatism is the perfect antidote to underdevelopment. Its commitment to individual responsibility, education, hard work, personal initiative, traditional family values and free markets is…

— Shelby Steele

The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character – with the perennial problem of the inner…

— Russell Kirk

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

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 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

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

— Anonymous

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.

— Sigmund Freud