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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."
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"Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others."
"But I came from a conservative Republican background."
"Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it."
"I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative."
"I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican."
"Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was."
"I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways."
"What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me. It means to me, personal responsibility. That if I've done something wrong, its up to me to pay the price. It's up to me to make it right."
"A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that "ancient institution" the old one."
"Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading up this organization in the Reagan administration - I can say that conservatives don't exactly break their necks to tell blacks that they're welcome."
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"It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation."
"Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted."
"It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state."
"Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative."
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