(3 quotes found)
“To be conservative.....is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.”
Michael Oakeshott
“What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried”
Abraham Lincoln
“Morales is an untried political leader. He's certainly someone who can command the street. Now, can he make the transition from an agitator to an executive?”
Riordan Roett
