Conservatism Quote by Roger Scruton Download Open image “Conservatism is itself a modernism, and in this lies the secret of its success.” — Roger Scruton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conservatism Lying Modernism Secret Success
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Conservatism aims to maintain in working order the loyalties of the community to perceived truths and also to those truths which in their judgment… — William F. Buckley Jr Copy Share Image
Conserving the individual is the basis of conservatism. It is classical, de Tocqueville liberalism. — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism; and with its traditionalistic, anti-intellectual, and often mystical propensities it will never, except in short periods of disillusionment, appeal to the young and all those others who believe that… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
Conservatism accomplished a lot of its goals in the latter part of the 20th century. What does 21st-century conservatism look like? — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
By Modernism, I mean the positive rejection of the past and the blind belief in the process of change; in novelty for its own… — Dan Cruickshank Copy Share Image
It's often been said that conservatism is successful because it chimes with these basic human instincts. It's time for us to ask fundamental questions… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it does not matter. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“So conceived, the English police force served to emphasize a fundamental truth about the English law, which is that it exists not to control… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
My 2018 ended with a hate storm, in response to my appointment as chair of the government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Unlike every other product that is now manufactured for the table, wine exists in as many varieties as there are people who produce it.… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I think we can all see the force of the idea that there are certain things that cannot be done to human beings –… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Western democracies did not create the virtue of citizenship; on the contrary, they grew from it. Nothing is more evident in The Federalist than… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“If one looks back to the French Revolution, one sees just how easy it is for the doctrine of “human rights” to become an… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I say it was immediately apparent, but it was not apparent to the intellectual class, which has remained largely wedded to the post-war consensus… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Conservatives hold on to things not only because they are attached to them, but also because they do not see the sense in radical… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“Conservatism aims to maintain in working order the loyalties of the community to perceived truths and also to those truths which in their judgment… — William F. Buckley Jr Copy Share Image
Conservative feminism is such an artificial term that doesn't mean much to me. For me conservatism means accepting reality. I acknowledge that there are… — Kristina Schroder Copy Share Image
Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Conservatism defends those coercive arrangements which a still-lingering savageness makes requisite. Radicalism endeavours to realize a state more in harmony with the character of… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off… — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“At the time, he told his children to watch themselves, to understand that the tides of conservatism came and went and if they could… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but only express… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
