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A '''movement conservative''' is one who recognizes and advocates across-the-board [[conservative]] principles, without exception. This is contrasted with [[Republican in name only|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.
Movement conservatives include:
*[[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, [[anarchy|anarchist]] [[French Revolution]].
*Activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who invented [[grassroots]] activism to move the [[United States]] markedly more [[conservative]].
*Congressman [[John Ashbrook]], who challenge [[globalist]] [[Richard Nixon]] in his primary in 1972.
*Congressman [[Larry McDonald]], M.D., praised as "the most principled man in Congress" by [[Ron Paul]] but was shot down by the [[communism|communist]] [[Soviet Union]] while in flight on [[KAL 007]].
*Journalist [[Robert Novak]]
*Liberty University founder [[Jerry Falwell]]
*U.S. Senator [[Robert Taft]] of [[Ohio]]
*Political theorist [[Russell Kirk]]
* [[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]]
* Commentator [[Pat Buchanan]]
* Columnist and economist [[Thomas Sowell]]
* Former [[Alabama]] Supreme Court Chief Justice [[Roy Moore]]
* [[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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== Honorable Mention ==
* [[Stephen Miller]], top advisor to President [[Donald Trump]]
*U.S. Senator [[Jesse Helms]] of [[North Carolina]]
* Supreme Court Justice [[Clarence Thomas]]
* President [[Ronald Reagan]]
* Attorney General and Alabama U.S. Senator [[Jeff Sessions]]
* Former Governor of [[Alaska]] [[Sarah Palin]]
* [[Ken Cuccinelli]], [[Attorney General]] of [[Virginia]]
* U.S. Senator [[Rand Paul]] of [[Kentucky]]
* U.S. Senator [[Ted Cruz]] of [[Texas]]
* U.S. Senator [[Joni Ernst]] of [[Iowa]]
* Former U.S. Representative for [[Minnesota]]'s 6th District, [[Michele Bachmann]]
* U.S. Representative for [[Iowa]]'s 4th District, [[Steve King]]
* U.S. Representative for [[Ohio]]'s 4th District, [[Jim Jordan]]
* Heritage President and former Senator [[Jim DeMint]] of [[South Carolina]]
* Talk-radio host [[Rush Limbaugh]]
* Activist [[Alan Keyes]]
* Columnist [[Ann Coulter]]
* Columnist and blogger [[Michelle Malkin]]
* Commentator and TV anchor [[Sean Hannity]]
* Commentator and TV anchor [[Tucker Carlson]]
* U.S. Representative for [[Georgia]]'s 9th District, [[Doug Collins]]
* U.S. Senator [[Marsha Blackburn]] of [[Tennessee]]
* [[South Dakota]] Governor [[Kristi Noem]]
* Activist and executive [[Steve Bannon]]
*Supreme Court Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]
*[[Howard Phillips]]
*Author [[William F. Buckley]]
==See also==
*[[Conservative Movement]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Conservative]]