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

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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. – Abraham Lincoln

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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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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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All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them. – Mark Twain

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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on whats wrong in your life, or you can focus on whats right. – Marianne Williamson

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