Conservatism Quotes

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility.

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency.

Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.

In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to make an economic argument to social liberals, that it's OK to vote for us. But we won't run the economy into the ground at the same time.

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.