“We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security.” JobsPoliticalValuesCommunityModernConditionsSecurityPoliticianDirectConservativeFantasticHypocrisyWagesAssaultConservatismSalaryHypocriteConductingFamily ValuesPretenceInsincereDuplicityAnti Conservative Author:Paul Keating
“Instinct is like Nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation.” ConditionsCreationHistoricalInstinctConservativeTranscending Book:The structure and dynamics of the psyche Source: The structure and dynamics of the psyche
“The natural condition of the modern conservative movement is to always be in a state of revolution. Conservatives are, by definition, uncomfortable with power.” StatesNaturalModernConditionsMovementRevolutionDefinitionsConservativeUncomfortableConservation Author:Craig Shirley
“There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded and consistent defense of freedom unless that defense is rooted in moral principle. In concentrating on the ends of choice, the conservative, by neglecting the conditions of choice, loses that very morality of conduct with which he is so concerned. And the libertarian, by concentrating only on the means, or conditions, of choice and ignoring the ends, throws away an essential moral defense of his own position.” MeanMadeEndsChoicesLosesFreedomResponsibilityLibertyMoralPrinciplesVirtueConditionsPositionIgnoranceMoralityEssentialsConcernedConservativeDefenseLibertarianConsistentNeglectRootedGroundedConcentratingMoral PrinciplesMoral Choices Author:Murray Rothbard
“Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.” MenWarEffortConditionsPatientConservativeCarefulReactions Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“The view that we know less than we thought we knew about how to change the human condition came, in time, to be called neoconservatism. Many ... , myself included, disliked the term because we did not think we were conservative, neo or paleo. (I voted for John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey and worked in the latter's presidential campaign.) It would have been better if we had been called policy skeptics; that is, people who thought it was hard, though not impossible, to make useful and important changes in public policy.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsHumansHas BeensImportantHardTermViewsImpossibleConditionsPolicyConservativeCampaignsPresidentialLatterHuman ConditionJohnsonSkepticPublic PolicyPresidential CampaignJohn Kennedy Author:James Q. Wilson