Conservatism Quotes Flashcards
HUMAN IMPERFECTION
HUMAN IMPERFECTION
What did Hobbes say about the state of nature, which was linked to his belief that humans are imperfect?
‘Life is nasty, brutish, and short’
What did Hobbes believe most people thought they were?
'’Most people think they are wise’
What is a Burke quote about decision making based on rational ideas?
‘Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasoning but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part’
What did Oakeshott say humans were?
‘Fragile and fallible’
What is an Ayn Rand quote which contradicts Oakeshott saying that humans were ‘fragile and fallible’?
‘Man is not infallible, but he can learn from his mistakes’
What did Hobbes say humans wished to do?
‘Seek peace and follow it’
What is a Nozick quote about human imperfection?
‘Humans are not perfectible’
ORGANIC SOCIETY OR STATE
ORGANIC SOCIETY OR STATE
What did Thomas Hobbes say man is constantly in?
‘Man is in a constant state of war’
What is a Burke quote about the state having to protect rights?
‘Pretended rights’ are ‘morally and politically false’
What did Hobbes say about power?
‘All power must be given to one man’
What did Burke say about society changing in order to flourish?
‘Change to conserve’
What is a Burke quote about the state changing?
‘A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation’
What is a Burke quote about what society is?
‘Society is a partnership in every virtue’
What is an Ayn Rand quote about the individual?
‘The smallest minority on earth is the individual’
What is a Rand quote about selfishness?
‘Selfishness is a virtue’
What is a Nozick quote about organic society?
‘Organic societies breed oppression’
What did Nozick say the state should be?
‘The state should be a machine, not an organism’
What did Ayn Rand say the only proper purpose of government is?
‘The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man’s rights’
What is an Ayn Rand quote about the right to property?
‘The right to property … does not mean that others must provide him with property’
PRAGMATISM
PRAGMATISM
What is a Burke quote about patience?
‘Patience achieves more than force’
TRADITION
TRADITION
What did Edmund Burke say about religion?
‘Our comfort, and one great source of civilisation’
What is a Burke quote on what tradition is?
‘Wisdom without reflection’
What is a Michael Oakeshott quote about tradition?
‘What has stood the test of time is good and must not be lightly cast aside’
What is an Ayn Rand quote about tradition?
‘I inherit nothing’
THE ECONOMY
THE ECONOMY
What is a Burke quote on the economy and laissez-faire economics?
‘Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection’
What did Rand argue for a rolling back of?
‘The state’
What is a Nozick quote about tax?
‘Tax, for the most part, is theft’
What did Nozick say about free markets?
‘Free markets are the most efficient system’
OTHER QUOTES
OTHER QUOTES
What did Nozick believe the individual should be?
‘Left alone’
What did Burke say about customs?
‘Customs reconcile us to everything’
What is a Nozick quote about individual people?
‘There are only individual people, different individual people, with their own lives’
What did Hobbes say humans have?
‘A perpetual and restless desire for power after power, that ceaseth only in death’
