Civilization Quote by L. Neil Smith

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

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 a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

— Jesse Helms

Conservatism, by itself, is not the defeating agent for liberalism today. At one point I was among many who thought it would be. It's…

— Rush Limbaugh

Conservatism is only as good as what it conserves.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency, rarely resisted,…

— John Derbyshire

“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

It is liberalism, whether people like it or not, which has animated all the years of my life. What on Earth did conservatism ever…

— Charles Kuralt

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

The appeal of conservatism is the mutuality it asserts between individual and political freedom, its beautiful idea of a free man in a free…

— Shelby Steele

Conservatism is not the problem. Conservatism is the founding of this country, essentially. Conservatism isn't even really an ideology. Conservatism is just what is…

— Rush Limbaugh

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