Conservatism Quote by Thomas Frank

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

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

— Abraham Lincoln

“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

Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not…

— Bill Moyers

“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

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

— Ronald Reagan

Conservatism is, among many other things, a culture. The most important glue binding it together is a shared sense of cultural grievance - the…

— Rick Perlstein

Conservatism is only as good as what it conserves.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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

Conservatism is an active intellectual pursuit; it requires a constant vigilance. It has nothing to do with feelings. Liberalism is the most gutless choice…

— Rush Limbaugh

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

— Shelby Steele

“Conservatism is the negation of Ideology.”

— H. Stuart Hughes