Conservatism

Christian nationalists “are typically post-liberals who want some level of explicit state-established Christianity. [Conservatives] have been and largely still are classical liberals who affirm traditional American concepts of full religious liberty for all. - Mark Tooley

“The Constitution and this great American experiment must not be swayed by movements or personalities, but must hold fast to the time-honored principles that have made America strong and prosperous and free” -

“A collection of essays by New Right thinkers has a lot to say about what is wrong with the ‘establishment Right’….their solutions ironically reflect a neglect of constitutional order that got us in our current state to begin with.” - Acton

“Seventy years after the publication of The Conservative Mind, Kirk can still speak to what he called the ‘rising generation’ — showing young people an appealing vision of conservatism, one that drinks deeply from the imaginative and humane wellspring of American and Western civilization.” - Imaginative Conservative

“the numbers still tell an overwhelmingly one-sided story: white Protestants consistently dwarf every other racial and religious demographic in the GOP electorate…. conservatives and racial issues are oil and water—unmixable and with a highly flammable element.” - Acton

“Among the people who wanted a total ban on abortion… 67% favor debt free college. 77% favor paid maternity leave. 67% favor raising the minimum wage to $15/hour.” - Ryan Burge

“ACU is best known as the driving force behind CPAC, an annual gathering of conservative activists where Republican politicians and presidential hopefuls have spoken over the last 50 years.” - CPost

“George Carey’s 1984 collection Freedom and Virtue: The Conservative/Libertarian Debate still speaks to our moment. Re-reading those essays now impresses on the reader the overlap between the libertarian and conservative positions.” - L&L

“Bruce Pilbeam said the phrase ‘compassionate conservatism’ was mostly dead ‘thanks to its association with an administration that lost popularity in its second term even among conservatives.’ He concluded, though, that the concept at local levels will have an ‘enduring legacy.’ I agree.” - Acton

“Starting with the emergence of the ‘Alt-Right’ during the 2010s, a different group of political right-wing ideologues have surfaced to defend very different principles from those of traditional American conservatism.” - Acton