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I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. — Benjamin Disraeli, in a speech at High Wycombe, England (27 November 1832); published in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), volume 1, p. 8.

The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians. — George Orwell, in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge (4 December 1948), published in Malcolm Muggeridge : A Life (1980) by Ian Hunter.

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." — Benjamin Franklin
"If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat." — Bible (2 Thessalonians 3:10))

Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. — Kin Hubbard, in Marching To Zion, p.52

No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. — Saying quoted by Gideon J. Tucker, Surrogate, in 1866 report of the final accounting in the estate of A. B. New York Surrogate Reports, 1 Tucker (N. Y. Surr.) 249 (1866).

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 The following list includes quotes about Conservative values. (Please add more)
+==Conservatism==
+*I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. &mdash; [[Benjamin Disraeli]], in a speech at High Wycombe, England (27 November 1832); published in ''Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield'', ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), volume 1, p. 8.
+* The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians. &mdash; [[George Orwell]], in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge (4 December 1948), published in ''Malcolm Muggeridge : A Life'' (1980) by Ian Hunter.
 ==Pro-Life==