“The aim of any good constitution is to achieve in a society a high degree of political harmony, so that order and justice and freedom may be maintained.” MayWisdomPoliticalOrderJusticeLibertyAchieveDegreesConstitutionHarmonyAim Book:The Conservative Constitution Source: The Conservative Constitution
“The issue of environmental quality is one which transcends traditional political boundaries. It is a cause which can attract, and very sincerely, liberals, conservatives, radicals, reactionaries, freaks, and middle-class straights.” PoliticalCausesQualityClassIssuesMiddleEnvironmentalConservativeBoundariesTraditionalRadicalMiddle ClassFreakSincerelyReactionariesEnvironmental Quality Author:Russell Kirk
“The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics as a revolutionary instrument for transforming society and even transforming human nature. In his march toward Utopia, the ideologue is merciless.” ThinkingHumansPoliticalOrderJusticeHuman NaturePolicyInstrumentsConservativeContraryPreservesRevolutionaryMarchTransformingUtopiaIdeologuesTransforming Society Book:The Politics of Prudence Source: The Politics of Prudence
“To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the conservative interest, that conservatism is simply a political argument in defense of large accumulations of private property, that expansion, centralization, and accumulation are the tenets of conservatives. From this confusion, from the popular belief that Hamilton was the founder of American conservatism, the forces of tradition in the United States never have fully escaped.” StatesAmericaPoliticalBeliefForceInterestUnitedUnited StatesArgumentTraditionPropertyConservativeDefenseImpressionAriseConfusionFoundersExpansionConservatismAccumulationPrivate PropertyHamiltonCentralizationPolitical Arguments Book:The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot Source: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
“To check centralization and usurping of power ... we require a new laissez-faire. The old laissez-faire was founded upon a misapprehension of human nature, an exultation of individuality (in private character often a virtue) to the condition of a political dogma, which destroyed the spirit of community and reduced men to so many equipollent atoms of humanity, without sense of brotherhood or purpose.” MenHumansCharacterPoliticalSpiritPurposeHumanityCommunityVirtueConditionsHuman NatureIndividualityConservativeChecksDestroyedAtomsBrotherhoodDogmaLaissez FaireCentralization Book:The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot Source: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
