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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. – Abraham Lincoln

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The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought. – John Jay Chapman

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The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. – Alphonse de Lamartine

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I dont for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesnt matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. – Todd Gitlin

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Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. – Christopher Lasch

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