Quote by Stephen E. Ambrose Download Open image ““I instinctively dislike ever to uphold the conservative as opposed to the bold”” — Stephen E. Ambrose ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The new conservative movement has to take on Trump's sense of boldness. — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
“You say you are conservative—eminently conservative—while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“First, many of us are tempted to affirm whatever our favorite political tribe affirms, and deny whatever it denies. Nobody likes to risk losing… — Charles J. Chaput Copy Share Image
“Any informed conservative is reluctant to condense profound and intricate intellectual systems to a few pretentious phrases; he prefers to leave that technique to… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels discomfort there.” — Tarif Naaz Copy Share Image
“To be conservative in politics is to take one’s bearings not from the latest bright idea about how to make a better world, but… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble as when you miss a bold one. — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
“[Conservatism is] a fight for keeping these qualities that made us move unceasingly.” — Janusz Korwin-Mikke Copy Share Image
“Hitler made only one big mistake when he built his Atlantic Wall,” the paratroopers liked to say. “He forgot to put a roof on… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“All that existed was precious in Crazy Horse’s religion—whatever a man did or thought was good, was wakan, so long as he obeyed his… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Thus the total armada amounted to 5,333 ships and craft of all types,” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Ronald Spiers: The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“These are some of the qualities that make for a good company commander. Lewis had them in abundance, plus some special touches that made… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Older British observers complained, "The trouble with you Yanks is that you are overpaid, oversexed, and over here." (To which the Yanks would reply,… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Of courage undaunted, possessing a firmness and perseverance of purpose which nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction, careful as a father of… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Jefferson could write, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“May works be the test of patriotism as they ought, of right, to be of religion.” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“So it had always been and apparently would be. The terms “peace” and “war” as understood by the Americans had no meaning to the… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“(In Austria after VE Day) Sergeant Mercier...dressed in a full German officer's uniform, topped off with a monocle for his right eye. Someone got… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
