People have always said - those words, 'too conservative,' is fairly relative. I'm sure that they probably said that about Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.
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And truly, when you look at the Constitution and our founding fathers and their writings, the things that made this country great, you might draw those conclusions: That they were conservative. They were fiscally conservative and socially conservative.
It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.
Conservatism as a formal political doctrine didn't exist in America in 1940. The word 'conservative' was associated primarily with fringe groups - anti-industrial Southern agrarians and the anti-New Deal tycoons who led the Liberty League.
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
For a label for me, 'conservative' is more appropriate than 'Republican.'
I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.
All great peoples are conservative.