"You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical……" — Salman Rushdie
"You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism."
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482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has 482 quotes on this site.
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The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of…
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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which,…
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Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the…
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming.…
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Good advice is rarer than rubies.
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In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence…
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For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
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A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but…
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Free speech is life itself.
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After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
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If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to…
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More Conservatism Quotes
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In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.
— Tony Campolo
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When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.
— Dale Carnegie
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All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to…
— Joan of Arc
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Conservatism, ever more timorous and narrow, disgusts the children, and drives them for a mouthful of fresh air into radicalism.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Conservatism must be based on allowing everyone to become an owner - equity for everyman.
— John Redwood
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At a recent conference, a colleague told one of us that in IPCC discussions, some scientists have been reluctant to…
— Naomi Oreskes
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There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.
— George Will
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Conservative ideas are alive and dynamic, the result of a free and intellectually honest vision for the country. As long…
— Rush Limbaugh
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Success breeds conservatism, and that means a love affair with the status quo and an aversion to change.
— Unknown Author
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Conservatism is only as good as what it conserves.
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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I am not a conservative — neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook... I just do not happen to…
— Allan Bloom
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