Quotes About Conservatism

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.

The British love permanence more than they love beauty.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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

Every day I turn on my television set and I see Newt Gingrich on television, I rejoice.

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.

Conservatives understand Halloween, liberals only understand Christmas. If you want to control a population, don't give it social services, give it a scary adversary.

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very conservative." "No offense taken," John said mildly.

Conservatism is a natural state because it accepts human nature as it is, rather than trying to fight it.

there has never been a better time for women to have it all. A feminist or left-wing approach to life will not help women achieve this goal. A conservative approach will.

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.

Conservatism as a formal political doctrine didn't exist in America in 1940. The word 'conservative' was associated primarily with fringe groups - anti-industrial Southern agrarians and the anti-New Deal tycoons who led the Liberty League.

One effect of Roe was to mobilize a permanent constituency for criminalizing abortion - a constituency that has driven much of the southern realignment toward conservatism.

The Pyrrhonian skeptics were docile citizens who followed customs and traditions whenever possible, but taught themselves to systematically doubt everything, and thus attain a level of serenity. But while conservative in their habits, they were rabid in their fight against dogma.

enjoy our blessings, and try to preserve, by becoming more conservative

It made Disney at once a nostalgist and a futurist, a conservative and a visionary.

Vaya sorpresa que te vas a llevar, amigo... ¡cuando descubras que nosotros los viejos retrógrados queremos también un mundo mejor! ¡sólo que no somos partidarios de QUEMAR la casa para librarnos de las termitas!

Whereas art critics are ready to accept-indeed are looking for-the new fabrication of a consistent visual language, architectural critics, like the general public, are much more conservative and unwilling to accept the introduction of new codes.

Genteel Republicans like Mitt Romney complain about Donald Trump's unpresidential behavior but how else does he combat the dirty left? Only a barbarian could defy the liberal establishment as he has done.

Evan Bayh learned early that liberalism and ambition don't always mix in a red state like Indiana.

Just as I got older, I think I've become more and more conservative.

The abjectly poor, and all those persons whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cannot afford the effort of taking thought for the day after tomorrow; just as the highly prosperous are conservative because they have small occasion to be discontented with the situation as it stands today.