"Conservatism is the maintenance of conventions already in……" — Thorstein Veblen
"Conservatism is the maintenance of conventions already in force."
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Thorstein Veblen
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36 Quotes by Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen has 36 quotes on this site.
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Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem…
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In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain,…
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Loud dress becomes offensive to people of taste, as evincing an undue desire to reach and impress the untrained sensibilities…
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With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and…
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The visible imperfections of hand-wrought goods, being honorific, are accounted marks of superiority in point of beauty, or serviceability, or…
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There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum.
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Invention is the mother of necessity.
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In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
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The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence…
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It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost, and at any risk to the…
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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
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All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.
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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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