#conservatism

Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it. ↗

— John R.W. Stott

#conservatism #faith #radicalism #faith

You know what will bring family and social issues front and center? If 2012 America sees middle-schoolers reenacting Lady Gaga videos. ↗

— Jim Geraghty

#social-conservatism #family

Social conservatism and neoconservatism have revived authoritarian conservatism, and not for the better of conservatism or American democracy. True conservatism is cautious and prudent. Authoritarianism is rash and radical. American democracy has benefited from true conservatism, but authoritarianism offers potentially serious trouble for any democracy. ↗

— John W. Dean

#conservatism #democracy #politics #democracy

People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government. ↗

— Bob McDonnell

#call #conservatism #government #i #oriented

Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#access #america #behind #catch #conservatism

I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#conservatism #gladly #i #label #labels

I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of optimism, fatalism, and conservatism. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#am #any #conservatism #dislike #entertain

Modern formulations are necessary even in defense of very ancient truths. Not because of any alleged anachronism in the old ideas – the Beatitudes remain the essential statements of the Western code – but because the idiom of life is always changing ↗

— William F. Buckley

#conservatism #persuasion #phrasing #relevance #change

In a revolutionary epoch, sometimes men taste every novelty, sicken of them all, and return to ancient principles so long disused that they seem refreshingly hearty when they are rediscovered. ↗

— Russell Kirk

#men

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#money