Quotes about Conservatism

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Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There — Mark R. Levin
In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, wherea — Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
Liberals are more likely to see people as victims of circumstance and oppression, and doubt whether individuals can clim — Arthur C. Brooks
My definition of TheologyMy proverb of theology is a doctrine study of overall foundation of biblical notions, transcend — John Shelton Jones, Awakening Kings and Princes Volume I: Sacred Knowledge to Nourish the Mentality, Support Spiritual Growth, Learning the Light, and Progressing to Become a Master Lover While Embracing Desire
Best-selling horror fiction is indeed necessarily conservative because it must entertain a large number of readers. It’s — Thomas Ligotti
Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a c — Calvin Coolidge
Civilization is not inherited it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew… — Will Durant
I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded. — Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
It is rare to find an established community of Christians that encourages radical expressions of following Jesus. The na — Michael Spencer, Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality
-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be — Joseph Heller, Catch-22
That war [Bosnian war] in the early 1990s changed a lot for me. I never thought I would see, in Europe, a full-dress rep — Christopher Hitchens
It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American — Glenn Greenwald
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a — Ronald Reagan
What keeps earth air breathable? Not oxygen alone. The earth is a freer place to breathe in, every time you love without — Peter Viereck, Unadjusted Man in the Age of Overadjustment: Where History and Literature Intersect
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in th — Barry M. Goldwater
If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and women must accept the re — Ronald Reagan
The conjunction of ruling and dreaming generates tyranny. — Michael Oakeshott
Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, what — Milton Friedman
Freedom necessarily means that many things will be done which we do not like. — Friedrich A. Hayek