Quotes About Conservatism

I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan.

Conservatism is progressivism driving the speed limit.

Most conservatives today are more liberal than most liberals were in the 1950s.

The origin of the modern labels of left and right can be traced to the French Assembly of 1789 on the eve of the French Revolution, in which the delegates who favored preservation of the Ancien Régime (the Old Order) of France sat on the right side of the chamber, while those who favored change sat on the left.91 Since then, the terms left and right have stood for liberalism and conservatism, respectively.

Evolution provides a scientific foundation for the core values shared by most Christians and conservatives, and by accepting–and embracing–the theory of evolution, Christians and conservatives strengthen their religion, their politics, and science itself. The conflict between science and religion is senseless. It is based on fears and misunderstandings rather than on facts and moral wisdom. (138)

If the new right had elected Trump, it was the older Fortune 100 executives who most pleased him

Les sources philosophiques du poutinisme, si diverses soient-elles, reposent toutes sur deux piliers : l'idée d'empire et l'apologie de la guerre. C'est le noyau commun du soviétisme, de l'impérialisme "blanc" d'Ilyine, du conservatisme de Leontiev (dans certaines de ses œuvres), du panslavisme de Danilevski, de l'eurasisme, que ce soit celui des fondateurs ou celui de Douguine, aujourd'hui.

In order to survive, cultures must eliminate most of the new ideas their members produce. Cultures are conservative, and for good reason. No culture could assimilate all the novelty people produce without dissolving into chaos.

Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.

Paleontology of conservatism and theology of morality. All this is a thing of the past, since the world inevitably goes into the shell of a black hole of selfishness.

To modern conservatives, women are first and foremost breeders.

Many years later, the right wing continued to lambast Sagan well after the man was dead, while Seitz's attack on nuclear winter was reprised by Rush Limbaugh in the 1990s and by novelist Michael Crichton in the 2000s.110 What was going on? The answer is that the right-wing turn against science had begun.

Like homophobic conservatives, who worry that if societies' taboos go, the promotion of homosexuality will turn young people gay, they worry that if the law allows unpalatable views to escape unpunished, hatred will turn to violence.

the principal role of conservatism in modern politics is to be humiliated. That is what a perpetual loyal opposition, or court jester, is for.

Wenn ein Reaktionär von "unvermeidlicher Restauration" spricht, dürfen wir nicht vergessen, dass der Reaktionär in Jahrtausenden rechnet.

Der Fortschrittler triumphiert immer und der Reaktionär hat immer recht. Recht haben heißt in der Politik nicht die Szene beherrschen, sondern vom ersten Akt an die Leichen des fünften vorhersagen.

The reactionary does not aspire to turn back, but rather to change direction.

Modern literature: this colossal reactionary enterprise.

Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road "change." The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense. The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man.

Wenn ein Reaktionär von "unvermeidlicher Restauration" spricht, dürfen wir nicht vergessen, dass der Reaktionär Jahrtausenden rechnet.

We reactionaries are unfortunate: the left steals our ideas and the right our vocabulary.

The reactionary's objection is not discussed; it is disdained.

Conservatism should not be a party but the normal attitude of every decent man.

The pure reactionary is not a dreamer of abolished pasts, but a hunter of sacred shades on the eternal hills.