Commitment Quote by Jim Shepard

Conservatism is an active intellectual pursuit; it requires a constant vigilance. It has nothing to do with feelings. Liberalism is the most gutless choice…

— Rush Limbaugh

Empathy is a human trait. But lots of humans exercise some traits more energetically than others. By "the usefulness of empathy" I mean the…

— Jim Shepard

Conservatism is not a political ideology, it is a severe form of brain damage for which there's hardly any cure.

— Malachy McCourt

I think there's a growing amount of confusion about what conservatism is. And it is time for us to understand that conservatism is not…

— Marco Rubio

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 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

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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

Conservatism by its very nature is compassionate.

— Dana Perino

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

— Anonymous

There is something about liberalism that is not nearly as true about conservatism. The further left one goes, the more one finds that the…

— Dennis Prager

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

— Ronald Reagan