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is a 'middle-class' will to responsibility that aims to develop 'heroes from all backgrounds'.

about a 'middle-class' will to responsibility that aims to develop 'heroes from all backgrounds' (Thatcher: 47).'

is a belief in a transcendent order, an affection not for social evening-out but for proliferations of human existence, a belief in social order and classes, a belief in property, faith in custom over social engineering, and suspicion of hasty innovation.

1. Belief in a transcendent order, or body of natural law, which rules society as well as conscience. . . . True politics is the art of apprehending and applying the Justice which ought to prevail in a community of souls. 2. Affection for the proliferating variety and mystery of human existence, as opposed to the narrowing uniformity, egalitarianism, and utilitarian aims of most radical systems... conservatives resist what Robert Graves calls 'Logicalism' in society. 3. Conviction that civilized society requires orders and classes, as against the notion of a 'classless society.' With reason, conservatives have been called 'the party of order.' If natural distinctions are effaced among men, oligarchs fill the vacuum. 4. Persuasion that freedom and property are closely linked: separate property from private possession, and Leviathan becomes master of all. Economic levelling, they maintain, is not economic progress. 5. Faith in prescription and distrust of 'sophisters, calculators, and economist' who would reconstruct society upon abstract designs. Custom, convention, and old prescription are checks both upon man's anarchic impulse and upon the innovator's lust for power. 6. Recognition that change may not be salutary reform: hasty innovation may be a devouring conflagration, rather than a torch of progress. Society must alter, for prudent change is the means of social preservation... but a statesman must take Providence into his calculations, and a statesman's chief virtue, according to Plato and Burke, is prudence.Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/420055/conservatism-definition-difficult-produce

is a belief in the smallest government you can get without anarchy. The belief that the rights of the individual do not extend to neither healthcare nor housing nor education nor protect against failure. The government has no right to tax the wealthy at a higher rate nor to enter into debt.

A conservative believes that our inalienable rights do not include housing, healthcare or Hummers. A conservative believes that our inalienable rights DO include the pursuit of happiness. That means it is guaranteed to no one. A conservative believes that those who pursue happiness and find it have a right to not be penalized for that success. A conservative believes that there are no protections against the hardship and heartache of failure. We believe that the right to fail is just as important as the chance to succeed and that those who do fail learn essential lessons that will help them the next time around. A conservative believes in personal responsibility and accepts the consequences for his or her words and actions. A conservative believes that real compassion can't be found in any government program. A conservative believes that each of us has a duty to take care of our neighbors. It was private individuals, companies and congregations that sent water, blankets and supplies to New Orleans far before the government ever set foot there. A conservative believes that family is the cornerstone of our society and that people have a right to manage their family any way they see fit, so long as it's not criminal. We are far more attuned to our family's needs than some faceless, soulless government program. A conservative believes that people have a right to worship the God of their understanding. We also believe that people do not have the right to jam their version of God (or no God) down anybody else's throat. A conservative believes that people go to the movies to be entertained and to church to be preached to, not the other way around. A conservative believes that debt creates unhealthy relationships. Everyone, from the government on down, should live within their means and strive for financial independence. A conservative believes that a child's education is the responsibility of the parents, not the government. A conservative believes that every human being has a right to life, from conception to death. A conservative believes in the smallest government you can get without anarchy. We know our history: The larger a government gets, the harder it will fall. Those are the things a conservative believes in, and they're the things that I believe in. Now, if only I could find a candidate to match.

is a comfort in the idea that man is flawed, the world is imperfect, youth is fleeting, life isn't fair, and we should be grateful for the progress we've made and humble about what kind of changes are possible.

Man is flawed. This world is imperfect. Youth is fleeting. Life isn't fair. Conservatives are comfortable acknowledging all of these things. That doesn't mean we are complacent or opposed to change. But we are humble about the kinds of change that are possible and grateful for the progress we've already achieved.

is a culture of a shared sense of cultural grievance and the conviction that someone, somewhere is looking down their noses at them with a condescending sneer.

Conservatism is, among many other things, a culture. The most important glue binding it together is a shared sense of cultural grievance the conviction, uniting conservatives high and low, theocratic and plutocratic, neocon and paleocon, that someone, somewhere is looking down their noses at them with a condescending sneer.

is a disdain for the shallow tyranny of the present and the false temptations of the apparent future, a scorn for short-term utility and immediate expediency.

But there's also plenty of standing athwart history to do. American conservatism today has to embrace what's always been impressive and inspiring about conservatism at its best: a disdain for the shallow tyranny of the present and the false temptations of the apparent future, a scorn for short-term utility and immediate expediency (kristol) .

is a disposition to enjoy what is available rather than to look for something else.

For Oakeshott, conservatism is not a credo, a body of principles, or an ideology. It is disposition to enjoy what is available rather than to look for something else (p. 168). Let innovation be within the limits of knowledge and probability, for people really seldom know what they are doing. Innovation under gradualism is the procedure of the conservative... the innovator must prove there will be some benefit... innovation should resemble growth... it should be aimed at a specific defect to be cured... it should be slow enough in pace for one to observe consequences and make adjustments... and finally innovation is important and it should be limited to what is intended (p. 172). Rules and their stability are important, and apparently they may be adopted in the sense of a premeditated goal (p. 181). For the conservative, government is limited in that it provides general rules of conduct or regulation, and people are permitted the enjoyment of making their own choices. Government should not be an instrument to inflame the passions of men... rather it must strive for moderation not because moderation is a virtue or a truth about men but because, pragmatically speaking, moderation is essential if men are to escape being locked in an encounter of mutual frustration (p. 192). Government moderation provides for us the skepticism for which we do not have the time or inclination (p. 193).

is a disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve.

a disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve'*

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