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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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Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. – Abraham Lincoln

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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. – Abraham Lincoln

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

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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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We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least. – Gail Sheehy

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

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Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners. – William Warburton, “Sermon IV”

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If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens. – John Dingell

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As proverbs are meant to be portable, it is essential that they should be packed up in few words… – “Proverbs Secular and Sacred,” The North British Review, February 1858

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Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities. – Solomon Ortiz

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