Conservatism Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

As an ideology - and certainly as a political identity - conservatism is less popular than the very principles and values it stands for.

— Shelby Steele

What used to be considered conservative values... are increasingly becoming more mainstream values.

— Preston Manning

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conservatism is only as good as what it conserves.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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 vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in…

— Mary Matalin

Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.

— Greg Bear

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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

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 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