Conservative Quotes - Page 25

• He who today utters a bold truth that seems to shock some old institution with the premonition of destruction, and that scares men from their propriety, will a hundred years hence be regarded as a remarkably conservative man. And yet the people who stand peculiarly upon what they call the foundations of conservatism, and hold to hard, practical facts, now stand upon that which one hundred years ago was rank heresy.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Men, Years, People

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• Diversification is an established tenet of conservative investment.

  Benjamin Graham

  Investing, Investment, Diversification

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• I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

  Michael Heseltine

  Party, Names, Circumstances

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• Punctuation is a deeply conservative club. It hardly ever admits a new member.

  Mary Norris

  Clubs, Punctuation, Members

  Mary Norris (2015). “Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen”, p.113, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The conservative assumes sickness as a necessity, and his social frame is a hospital, his total legislation is for the present distress, a universe in slippers and flannels, with bib and papspoon, swallowing pills and herb-tea.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tea, Flannels, Slippers

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1200, Delphi Classics

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• Men ... are so conservative, so selfish, so boresome, and ... they are so ugly, and ... they are
  gullible, anybody can convince them.

  Gertrude Stein

  Selfish, Men, Ugly

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• I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Constitution, Radical, Remove

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1920). “The wisdom of Disraeli: or, A great policy for a great party”

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• If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.

  Jeb Bush

  Leadership, Moving, Creativity

  "Bush touts conservative credentials to anti-tax group". www.foxnews.com. February 27, 2015.

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• What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.

  Jeb Bush

  Leadership, People, Principles

  "Jeb Bush aims to define himself" by Ashley Killough, www.cnn.com. June 14, 2015.

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• Only our own strength, a strong conservative party, can prevent Red-Red-Green from taking power at the federal level in 2017.

  Angela Merkel

  Strength, Strong, Party

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• The irony here is that the Latino left had criticized the conservative movement for years that they were not doing outreach to the Latino community. Now that the conservative movement is doing outreach and engaging in the Latino community on a national scale, they're criticizing us for that too. You can't have it both ways.

  Daniel Garza

  Years, Community, Movement

  "Being Moody: Inside the battle for Latino voters" by Chris Moody, www.cnn.com. June 21, 2015.

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• Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they can understand property rights.

  Jesse Lee Peterson

  Nature, Rights, States

  "Conservative Push For Solar Isn’t Quite As Conservative As It Seems", www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2015.

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• The idea of a group of elders is that, in past civilizations, they have linked worlds; the other world was also present in this one. There is also the argument that elders have "experience." The problem is that experience teaches fear of change. Experience kills imagination. Experience makes people conservative. What we are facing tomorrow requires the force of imagination, not wisdom from yesterday.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Past, Other Worlds, Civilization

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• I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.

  Jeb Bush

  Men, My Own

  "Transcript of the 2015 GOP debate (9 pm)". www.cbsnews.com. August 6, 2015.

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• I'm a Reagan conservative. Reagan did negotiate with the Soviets. But you have to negotiate from a position of strength.

  Rand Paul

  Position

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I would note that the scripture tells us, "you shall know them by their fruit." We see lots of "campaign conservatives." But if we're going to win in 2016, we need a consistent conservative, someone who has been a fiscal conservative, a social conservative, a national security conservative.

  Ted Cruz

  Winning, Needs, Campaigns

  Republican presidential primary debate, www.cbsnews.com. August 6, 2015.

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• I'm a conservative, pro-life governor in a state where it is really tough to be both. A state like New Jersey, with lots of Democrats, but still we cut taxes, we balanced budgets. We fought the teacher's union.

  Chris Christie

  Teacher, Cutting, Pro Life

  Chris Christie at GOP primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• It's easier to interest a conservative audience in pushing the musical boundaries than to involve a young audience used to very noisy, assertive music in something like Schubert or Bach because the further back you go, the less bells and whistles there are.

  Michael Tilson Thomas

  Musical, Bells, Pushing

  "The Superconductor: SF Symphony’s Michael Tilson Thomas (Condensed Version)". Interview with Clara Jeffery, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2010.

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• Putting labels on people is so counter-productive. Most of us on some issues could be considered conservative, on other issues could be considered progressive, on other issues might be thought of as being moderate, on other issues might be thought of as being rather forthright.

  Tony Abbott

  Issues, People, Labels

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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• I'm an avowed modernist. I'm for the new thing. I came to the conclusion many years ago that rock music is essentially a conservative form.

  Rob Chapman

  Rocks, Years, Rock Music

  "ROB CHAPMAN (author of “A VERY IRREGULAR HEAD: THE LIFE OF SYD BARRETT”)". Revolt Of The Apes Interview, revoltoftheapes.com. January 25, 2011.

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• I have just as many liberal ideas as I have conservative ideas that I argue with myself sometimes.

  Bruce Willis

  Ideas, Arguing, Sometimes

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• I want to make the United States great again. This country is a hell-hole. We are going down fast and I'm a conservative but I have a big heart. I will take care of people, but a lot of people want me to run, and we'll see what happens.

  Donald Trump

  Running, Country, Heart

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I'm a constitutional conservative. I'm a Reagan constitutional conservative. I can think of no three better words to describe my political philosophy. And I will remain a Reagan constitutional conservative. It doesn't matter to what the elites D.C. think in the Republican or the Democratic Party

  Bobby Jindal

  Philosophy, Party, Thinking

  "Bobby Jindal opens up about his 2016 presidential run on 'Hannity'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 3, 2015.

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• I'm not super conservative, and I have no problem with people being risque or owning your sexuality or even putting it out there. I have a problem when it's all you are because you're not being fair to yourself; you have more depth than this.

  Kelly Clarkson

  People, Depth, Problem

  "Kelly Clarkson Reveals the Emotional Stories Behind Piece by Piece, Plus Her Big Plans for Beyonce and Taylor Swift Covers". Glamour Interview, March 10, 2015.

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• The notion of a healthy society, of capable people who are able to enjoy life, arose in the liberal, middle-class, leftist and non-religious segments of society. The euthanasia idea came from neither the radical right-wing nor the conservative corner. It was and remains part of the modern age and progressive thought.

  Gotz Aly

  Religious, Class, Wings

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