What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?


speech, 27 February 1860, in R. P. Basler (ed.) Collected Works… (1953) vol. 3

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?