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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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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on Gods side, for God is always right. – Abraham Lincoln

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God
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Abraham Lincoln
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A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a stable social structure thrives not on triumphs but on reconciliations. – Henry Kissinger

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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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There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots. – Stephen Carter

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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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Say what you like about my bloody murderous government, I says, but dont insult me poor bleedin country. – Edward Abbey

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