A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, — George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
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A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, defeats the political grandiosity of those who would attempt to engineer the future by rupturing connections with the past.

— George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
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