Identity Quote by Shelby Steele

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

— Ronald Reagan

Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage…

— Gerald R. Ford

Conservatism and respectability have their values, certainly; but has not the unconventional its values also?

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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

— Abraham Lincoln

There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life,…

— Jonathan Krohn

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

— Jesse Helms

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

Conservatism is only as good as what it conserves.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

In certain quarters, conservatism is simply racism by another name. And minorities who openly identify themselves as conservatives are still novelties, fish out of…

— Shelby Steele

In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'

— P. J. O'Rourke

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