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* The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians. — [[George Orwell]], in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge (4 December 1948), published in ''Malcolm Muggeridge : A Life'' (1980) by Ian Hunter.
 
* The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians. — [[George Orwell]], in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge (4 December 1948), published in ''Malcolm Muggeridge : A Life'' (1980) by Ian Hunter.
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==America==
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*"Every manly icon the West has ever admired has embodied the very spirit of American independence." — [[Steven Crowder]]
  
 
==Pro-Life==
 
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*"If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat." — [[Bible]] (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
 
*"If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat." — [[Bible]] (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
 
* The failure of capitalism is still much better than the success of socialism — Garry Kasparov
 
* The failure of capitalism is still much better than the success of socialism — Garry Kasparov
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==Individuality==
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*"Liberals don't believe in the ultimate concept of self-reliance, which is why they look to the government for stability." — [[Steven Crowder]]
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*"Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government."  — [[Larry Elder]]
  
 
==Legislature==
 
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*"I believe in being an innovator." — [[Walt Disney]]
 
*"I believe in being an innovator." — [[Walt Disney]]
 
*"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney
 
*"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney
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*"If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable" — [[Will Rogers]]
  
 
==Religion==
 
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*"We are never defeated unless we give up on God." — Ronald Reagan
 
*"We are never defeated unless we give up on God." — Ronald Reagan
 
*"I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee." — Joe DiMaggio
 
*"I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee." — Joe DiMaggio
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*"I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me." — Mariano Rivera
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*"I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts." — Mariano Rivera
  
 
==Values==
 
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==Kindness==
 
==Kindness==
 
*"When I was young I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people" — Abraham Joshua Heschel
 
*"When I was young I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people" — Abraham Joshua Heschel
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==Family==
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*"I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing." — Penelope Cruz
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 15:14, June 10, 2020

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The following list includes quotes about Conservative values. (Please add more)

Conservatism

  • I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. — Benjamin Disraeli, in a speech at High Wycombe, England (27 November 1832); published in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), volume 1, p. 8.
  • The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians. — George Orwell, in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge (4 December 1948), published in Malcolm Muggeridge : A Life (1980) by Ian Hunter.

America

  • "Every manly icon the West has ever admired has embodied the very spirit of American independence." — Steven Crowder

Pro-Life

Freedom

  • "If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die." — Rand Paul
  • "The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither; the society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both" — Milton Friedman
  • "Freedom incurs responsibility. That is why many men fear it" — George Bernard Shaw
  • "Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit" — Ronald Reagan

Economy

  • "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." — Benjamin Franklin
  • "If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat." — Bible (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
  • The failure of capitalism is still much better than the success of socialism — Garry Kasparov

Individuality

  • "Liberals don't believe in the ultimate concept of self-reliance, which is why they look to the government for stability." — Steven Crowder
  • "Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government." — Larry Elder

Legislature

  • No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. — Saying quoted by Gideon J. Tucker, Surrogate, in 1866 report of the final accounting in the estate of A. B. New York Surrogate Reports, 1 Tucker (N. Y. Surr.) 249 (1866).

Early voting

  • "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine." — Doug Preisse, Franklin County Republican Party chairman

Voter ID

  • "Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania: done!" — Mike Turzai, Republican House Majority Leader in Pennsylvania

Homosexuality

Achievement

  • "Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity" — Will Smith
  • "No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach." — Donald Trump
  • "In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish." — Donald Trump
  • "I believe in being an innovator." — Walt Disney
  • "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney
  • "If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable" — Will Rogers

Religion

  • "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." — Ronald Reagan
  • "We are never defeated unless we give up on God." — Ronald Reagan
  • "I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee." — Joe DiMaggio
  • "I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me." — Mariano Rivera
  • "I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts." — Mariano Rivera

Values

  • "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil." — C.S. Lewis

Kindness

  • "When I was young I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people" — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Family

  • "I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing." — Penelope Cruz

See also

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