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'''Conservative parables''' are stories that illustrate a [[conservative]] insight.  The stories may or may not have actually occurred.
 
'''Conservative parables''' are stories that illustrate a [[conservative]] insight.  The stories may or may not have actually occurred.
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== The Broken Bicycle ==
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One morning in [[New York City]] a crowd of pedestrians waited for the    streetlight to change so that they could cross the intersection.  The sidewalk corner was crowded with people, as it often is, and one pedestrian stepped slightly into the street in anticipation of crossing it.  But at that moment a messenger on a bicycle was moving quickly through the intersection, and was thrown off balance by hitting the pedestrian's foot.  The bicycle crashed, destroying it beyond repair.
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The crowd gasped in horror, but the bicyclist was unharmed.  He did, however, lose the value of the bicycle.  One bystander, observing that the fault was due to the pedestrian, wanted to donate so that the bicyclist could buy a replacement.  But the bystander could not afford to give him much money. So instead the bystander took out a $20 bill and handed it to the bicyclist in front the crowd.
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Others then followed that example and made donations of their own to the bicyclists.  Before long he had enough to buy a replacement for his bicycle, and was back at work by the afternoon.
    
== The Fly Ball ==
 
== The Fly Ball ==
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