The strange alchemy of time has somehow converted the Democrats into the truly conservative party in the country—the party dedicated to conserving all that is best and building solidly and safely on these foundations. The Republicans, by contrast, are behaving like the radical party—the party of the reckless and embittered, bent on dismantling institutions which have been built solidly into our social fabric.

Quoted in Peter Viereck, "The New Conservatism: One of Its Founders Asks What Went Wrong." New Republic (24 September 1962)