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Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.

Ultraconservatism is, to me, so illogical. Everywhere you go, conservatives want to cut, cut, cut, cut - cut money for powerless people. So, that's the biggest problem I have with them.

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

What used to be considered conservative values... are increasingly becoming more mainstream values.

The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

Conservatives really don't believe in politics as the primary instrument of getting along in life and therefore don't tend to put their energy into it a way people left of center do.

At times, conservatives become defined by their volume rather than by their ideas.