A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who has neve

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who has never learned to walk. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a stable social structure thrives not on triumphs but on reconciliations. – Henry Kissinger

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What is conservatism? It is not adherence to the old and tried, but against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal. – Frank Dane

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There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots. – Stephen Carter

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