Conservatism Flashcards
“Life in a state of nature would be solitary, ______, _______, _______ and ______”
“Life in a state of nature would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”
Thomas Hobbes
“The condition of a man (…) is a condition of ____ of everyone against ________”
“The condition of a man (…) is a condition of war of everyone against everyone”
Thomas Hobbes
“Government is necessary not because men are bad, but because they care more for …
“Government is necessary not because men are bad, but because they care more for individualistic needs more than society”
Thomas Hobbes
“Society is but a _______ between the dead, living and those …
(is but a) = no more than
“Society is but a contract between the dead, living and those yet to be born”
Edmund Burke
We “love the little _________ to which we belong”
We “love the little platoon to which we belong”
Edmund Burke
“Your representatives owes you their ____________, not just their efforts. They should not sacrifice this to …”
“Your representatives owes you their judgement, not just their efforts. They should not sacrifice this to your opinion”
Edmund Burke
- A representative should use their own judgment, not just follow public opinion.
No state or society should be based on ‘Philosophical ____________’
No state or society should be based on ‘Philosophical abstractions’
Edmund Burke
“The state without the means to change is without the …
“The state without the means to change is without the means of its conservation”
Edmund Burke
“To be conservative is to prefer the familiar to the ___________, to prefer the tried to the ___________ (…) the actual to the __________”
“To be conservative is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried (…) the actual to the possible”
Michael Oakeshott
“Men sail on a boundless and ____________ sea” (…) “and the job of the state is to keep afloat, not reach a …”
“Men sail on a boundless and boundless sea” (…) “and the job of the state is to keep afloat, not reach a a specific destination”
Michael Oakeshott
“In a kitchen, cookbooks are only useful after experience of …
“In a kitchen, cookbooks are only useful after experience of preparing the meal”
Michael Oakeshott
Rather than Brutish and short, our lives in state of nature would more be “noisy, _________ and __________”
Rather than Brutish and short, our lives in state of nature would more be “noisy, foolish and flawed”
Michael Oakeshott
“The people fit to inherit ______ are those with the ability to make their fortune no matter …”
“The people fit to inherit wealth are those with the ability to make their fortune no matter where they started”
Ayn Rand
(Only those who could earn wealth themselves truly deserve to inherit it)
“Money is the ___________ of a society’s virtue”
“Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue”
Ayn Rand
(How people make and use money shows what kind of people they are)
“Even the most enterprising individuals are still …
“Even the most enterprising individuals are still freedom loving pack animals”
Robert Nozick
“Taxation is legalised _____” (…) “Any form of redistribution by the state leads to individuals gaining …
“Taxation is legalised theft” (…) “Any form of redistribution by the state leads to individuals gaining talents they do not deserve”
Robert Nozick
“Victimless crimes such as drug taking should be _______________. It is the individuals responsibility not the state to …
“Victimless crimes such as drug taking should be decriminalised. It is the individual’s responsibility not the state to legislate against them doing it”
Robert Nozick
“If civilisation is to survive, it is the morality of ___________ we need to reject and the morality of rational self _________ we need to accept”
“If civilisation is to survive, it is the morality of altruism we need to reject and the morality of rational self interest we need to accept”
Ayn Rand
“There is no such thing as society, only __________ and _____________.”
“There is no such thing as society, only families and individuals”
Margaret Thatcher
“I don’t support ___ marriage in spite (even though) being a __________. I support ___ marriage because I am a __________”
“I don’t support gay marriage in spite (even though) being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative”
David Cameron 2011
