Quote by Mark Twain
Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a h

Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will. – Mark Twain

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The finest clothing made is a persons own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. – Mark Twain

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It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. – Mark Twain

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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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The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them. – Mark Twain

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Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice. – Harold Rosenberg

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If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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