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"I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation."
  
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Conservatives believe in the individual over the collective but temper their belief in individuality by requiring people to act according to a code of conduct based on traditional morality. Liberals believe in the collective over the individual and, where they allow individuality, they disdain traditional morality or personal responsibility. Thus, uniquely conservative values tend to be centered around:
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# faith in individual rights over collective rights,
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# equality of opportunity rather than equality of outcome,
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# an acceptance of cause and effect, and a willingness to let people bear the good and bad consequences of their actions,
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# an unwillingness to excuse misbehavior as something beyond the control of the individual, i.e. society made me do it,
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# the idea that respect and dignity are earned, not a right, and must be maintained through appropriate behavior,
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# a belief that truth is absolute, not relative,
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# an acceptance of human nature as it is and not as something that can be changed by government tinkering,
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# support for rule of law over nebulous concepts of supposed "fairness",
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# a belief in established institutions and hierarchies,
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# suspicion of the power of the state, and
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# the belief that freedom is more important than equality.
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"I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation."

—Margaret Thatcher
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