Quotes about Conservatism

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

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.

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

Please assure me that you are all Republicans.

I wished to warn the people against the greatest of all evils,—a blind and furious spirit of innovation, under the name of reform.

As an 18-year-old, I really sensed the call of God. What was interesting about that time was, I come from a very conservative part of the body of Christ, so there was really nothing for a woman to do.

It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive justice and should not be made into a bastion of conservatism, particularly a conservatism which defends unjust privileges.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.

We can score political points. We can try to advance some important initiatives. But at some point, it takes sober-minded, responsible conservative leaders to identify when you've pushed as far as you can and to have the courage to go back and face the electorate and explain to them why you voted the way you did.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.