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Conservatism Quotes
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To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.
Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.
No matter how I'm doing financially, the Depression has never disappeared from my consciousness. To this day, I hate waste. When neckties went from narrow to wide, I kept all my old ones until the style went back to narrow.
The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature.
The Barry Goldwater movement excited the depths because the apocalypse was brought more near, and like millions of other whites, I had been leading a life which was a trifle too pointless and a trifle too full of guilt and my gullet was close to nausea with the empty promises of an empty liberal center.
Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.
All reactionaries are paper tigers.
We have become a conservative country, despite our worldwide reputation for seeking novelty, in that we are unable to envisage alternative futures for ourselves.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
Diplomacy Quote
There are times when even the greatest tactician in diplomatic cunning is outclassed in his own game. It is then that he discovers that all that he thought he had gained is but loss, and that what is left of national honor and dignity is but the shadow of an illustrious past that is gone forever, or of a potentially great future that will never come.
Life Quote
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Wisdom Quote
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.
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