Cherish Quote by Jill Lepore

“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 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

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Weirdly, there have been a lot of critics of conservatism, but very few critics of innovation. As a culture, we are deeply paranoid about…

— Jill Lepore

Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.

— Greg Bear

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

“By the eighteenth century many were showing all the negative conservatism of a vested interest overtaken by events: dogged devotion to old techniques, suspicion…

— Timothy C.W. Blanning

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

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas are painful,…

— Dale E Turner

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 rooted in preservation; progressivism advances alteration. These are different love languages. These languages turn on your view of change itself: When you…

— Charles M. Blow

What drew me to conservatism years ago was the fact that it gave discipline a slightly higher status than virtue. This meant it could…

— Shelby Steele