Conservatives Quotes
Conservatives Quotes
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) English economist, critic
What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American president
When it is not necessary to change it is necessary not to change.
Lord Falkland (1610-1643)
A statesman who is enamored of existing evils,. as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American author
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
That man’s the true Conservative Who lops the moulder’d branch away.
Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) English poet
The English never abolish anything. They put it in cold storage.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) British philosopher
When a nation’s young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
American clergyman, editor, writer Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
British statesman, writer Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
