I am not a conservative — neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook... I just do not happen to be that animal.
Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidently anticipate utopia. Both are wrong.
A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.
I'm a regular guy; I like well-defined outlines. I'm old-fashioned, bourgeois.
I'm generally considered a conservative in my predictions for disease.
I'm very conventional compared to my parents.
As for myself, 'total liberal outlook on life and politics' is not an accurate description.
I would consider myself conservative but sensible and pragmatic.
There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous.
I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.
My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.
Even my conservative friends consider me conservative.
Well for sure I'm conservative.
My dad was a very straight arrow, prayed-at-every-meal kind of guy.
I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.
I have the old-school mentality.
