(68 quotes found)
“There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism”
Abraham Kuyper
“RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.”
Ambrose Bierce
“The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made”
“There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.”
Henry George
“Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own. The Conservative”
“Bush's compassionate conservatism has morphed into big government conservatism, and that isn't what the base is looking for. The White House and the congressional leadership have got to reinvigorate the Republican base. In off-year elections ... if your base isn't energized, particularly in a relatively evenly divided electorate, you've got more problems than you think you have.”
David Keene
“My fear is that Bush is trying to define 'compassionate conservatism' as a willingness to spend money. Almost every week there's been some new Bush spending initiative.”
Stephen Moore
“The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.”
Iain Duncan Smith
“Liberalism is financed by the dividends from Conservatism.”
Craig Bruce
