Conservative Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

It is the liberal philosophy, not the conservative one, that views humans as selfish automatons.

— Allen West

“The Conservative Mind describes a cast of intellect or a type of character, an inclination to cherish the permanent things in human existence. On…

— Russell Kirk

The conservative response to modernity is to embrace it, but to embrace it critically, in full consciousness that human achievements are rare and precarious,…

— Roger Scruton

Conversely, conservatives assume that humans are fundamentally lazy and prone to immorality. In this view, the entitlement system coddles and rewards laziness. This cynicism…

— Krystal Ball

The conservative is the one who understands his own society from within and loves and defends it.

— Roger Scruton

One of the most important things liberals don't understand about conservatism, obscured by too much lazy talk about conservatism's various 'wings,' is that its…

— Rick Perlstein

Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative.

— Robert A. Heinlein

The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people s suffering for his principles.

— E. L. Doctorow

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

A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.

— Anonymous

The most basic of conservative principles is that if you reward bad behavior you get more of it.

— Mark Steyn