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What is conservatism? It is not adherence to the old and tried, bu

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

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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln

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Men
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Abraham Lincoln
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Lets have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. – Abraham Lincoln

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Faith
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Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid. – Kin Hubbard

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Conservatism

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

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Conservatism

The appeal of the New Right is simply that it seems to promise that nothing will change in the domestic realm. People are terrified of change there, because its the last humanizing force left in society, and they think, correctly, that it must be retained. – Gerda Lerner

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Conservatism

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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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. – Jeremy Collier

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Courage

But times of stress and difficulty are inevitable in life. Mental hygiene means preparation to deal with such times. – Mental Health Bulletin, Illinois Society for Mental Health, 1928

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Health

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself. – Isaac Asimov

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Society

The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order… between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. – Arthur Henderson

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Peace