In general, it can probably be said that the conservative does not object to coercion or arbitrary power so long as it is used for what he regards as the right purposes. He believes that if government is in the hands of decent men, it ought not to be too much restricted by rigid rules. Since he is essentially opportunist and lacks principles, his main hope must be that the wise and the good will rule - not merely by example, as we all must wish, but by authority given to them and enforced by them. Like the socialist, he is less concerned with the problem of how the powers of government should be limited than with that of who wields them; and, like the socialist, he regards himself as entitled to force the value he holds on other people.

Order appears to the conservative as the result of the continuous attention of authority, which, for this purpose, must be allowed to do what is required by th…

When I say that the conservative lacks principles, I do not mean to suggest that he lacks moral conviction. The typical conservative is indeed usually a man of…

The conservative feels safe and content only if he is assured that some higher wisdom watches and supervises change, only if he knows that some authority is ch…

Thanks to its chokehold on the nation's culture, liberalism is thus in power whether its politicians are elected or not; it rules over us even though Republica…

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and powerful.