Conservatism Quote by Timothy C.W. Blanning

“I began to wonder what, exactly, mainstream conservatism was conserving. It dawned on me that some of the causes championed by my fellow conservatives—chiefly…

— Rod Dreher

Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the future.

— Jill Lepore

What drew me to conservatism years ago was the fact that it gave discipline a slightly higher status than virtue. This meant it could…

— Shelby Steele

“The essence of Conservatism is fear: fear of what is not understood, fear of change, fear of the new, fear of what's different, fear…

— Gene Pozniak

“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

To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the conservative interest,…

— Russell Kirk

In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members…

— Ralph Adams Cram

Conservatism accomplished a lot of its goals in the latter part of the 20th century. What does 21st-century conservatism look like?

— Steve Schmidt

“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

Weirdly, there have been a lot of critics of conservatism, but very few critics of innovation. As a culture, we are deeply paranoid about…

— Jill Lepore

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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