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(... who invented grassroots activism to move the United States markedly more conservative.)
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Movement conservatives include:
 
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*[[Irish]] Statesman [[Edmund Burke]], who sided with the [[American]] colonists while in the [[British]] [[Parliament]] at the time of the [[American Revolution]], and who opposed the [[atheist]]ic and [[anarchy|anarchist]] [[French Revolution]]
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*[[Irish]] Statesman [[Edmund Burke]], who sided with the [[American]] colonists while in the [[British]] [[Parliament]] at the time of the [[American Revolution]], and who opposed the [[atheist]]ic and [[anarchy|anarchist]] [[French Revolution]].
 
*Activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who invented [[grassroots]] activism to move the [[United States]] markedly more [[conservative]].
 
*Activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who invented [[grassroots]] activism to move the [[United States]] markedly more [[conservative]].
 
*Congressman [[John Ashbrook]]
 
*Congressman [[John Ashbrook]]
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*U.S. Senator [[Robert Taft]] of [[Ohio]]
 
*U.S. Senator [[Robert Taft]] of [[Ohio]]
 
*Political theorist [[Russell Kirk]]
 
*Political theorist [[Russell Kirk]]
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* [[Paul Weyrich]], founder of the Free Congress Foundation and co-founder of the Heritage Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
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* [[Paul Weyrich]], founder of the Free Congress Foundation and co-founder of the Heritage Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
 
* Congressman and [[Vice President]] nominee [[Jack Kemp]]
 
* Congressman and [[Vice President]] nominee [[Jack Kemp]]
 
* Commentator [[Pat Buchanan]]
 
* Commentator [[Pat Buchanan]]
 
* Columnist and economist [[Thomas Sowell]]
 
* Columnist and economist [[Thomas Sowell]]
 
* Former [[Alabama]] Supreme Court Chief Justice [[Roy Moore]]
 
* Former [[Alabama]] Supreme Court Chief Justice [[Roy Moore]]
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*[[Saint Paul|St. Paul]], author of the largest number of letters in the [[New Testament]] and a hardliner on many issues
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* [[Saint Paul|St. Paul]], author of the largest number of letters in the [[New Testament]] and a [[conservative]] hardliner on many issues.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:09, February 28, 2021

A movement conservative is one who recognizes and advocates across-the-board conservative principles, without exception. This is contrasted with cafeteria, single-issue, or self-serving approaches. Movement conservatives, unlike cafeteria conservatives, understand that since conservative philosophy is a coherent whole, it is untenable to discard part of it without discarding all of it. Movement conservatives favor logic rather than self-centered behavior and therefore reject the teachings of Ayn Rand, who considered selfishness to be logical.

Simply put, a movement conservative is a conservative who seeks to help others, and the nation, by explaining, advocating and defending the logical and beneficial conservative approach. A movement conservative is not primarily seeking political gain for him or herself, but advocates the insights and values of conservatism for the benefit of others.

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