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Conservatism Quotes Flashcards

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HUMAN IMPERFECTION

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HUMAN IMPERFECTION

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What did Hobbes say about the state of nature, which was linked to his belief that humans are imperfect?

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‘Life is nasty, brutish, and short’

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What did Hobbes believe most people thought they were?

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'’Most people think they are wise’

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What is a Burke quote about decision making based on rational ideas?

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‘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’

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What did Oakeshott say humans were?

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‘Fragile and fallible’

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What is an Ayn Rand quote which contradicts Oakeshott saying that humans were ‘fragile and fallible’?

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‘Man is not infallible, but he can learn from his mistakes’

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What did Hobbes say humans wished to do?

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‘Seek peace and follow it’

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What is a Nozick quote about human imperfection?

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‘Humans are not perfectible’

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ORGANIC SOCIETY OR STATE

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ORGANIC SOCIETY OR STATE

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What did Thomas Hobbes say man is constantly in?

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‘Man is in a constant state of war’

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What is a Burke quote about the state having to protect rights?

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‘Pretended rights’ are ‘morally and politically false’

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What did Hobbes say about power?

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‘All power must be given to one man’

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What did Burke say about society changing in order to flourish?

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‘Change to conserve’

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What is a Burke quote about the state changing?

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‘A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation’

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What is a Burke quote about what society is?

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‘Society is a partnership in every virtue’

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What is an Ayn Rand quote about the individual?

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‘The smallest minority on earth is the individual’

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What is a Rand quote about selfishness?

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‘Selfishness is a virtue’

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What is a Nozick quote about organic society?

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‘Organic societies breed oppression’

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What did Nozick say the state should be?

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‘The state should be a machine, not an organism’

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What did Ayn Rand say the only proper purpose of government is?

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‘The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man’s rights’

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What is an Ayn Rand quote about the right to property?

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‘The right to property … does not mean that others must provide him with property’

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PRAGMATISM

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PRAGMATISM

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What is a Burke quote about patience?

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‘Patience achieves more than force’

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TRADITION

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TRADITION

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What did Edmund Burke say about religion?

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‘Our comfort, and one great source of civilisation’

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What is a Burke quote on what tradition is?

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‘Wisdom without reflection’

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What is a Michael Oakeshott quote about tradition?

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‘What has stood the test of time is good and must not be lightly cast aside’

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What is an Ayn Rand quote about tradition?

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‘I inherit nothing’

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THE ECONOMY

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THE ECONOMY

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What is a Burke quote on the economy and laissez-faire economics?

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‘Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection’

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What did Rand argue for a rolling back of?

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‘The state’

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What is a Nozick quote about tax?

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‘Tax, for the most part, is theft’

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What did Nozick say about free markets?

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‘Free markets are the most efficient system’

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OTHER QUOTES

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OTHER QUOTES

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What did Nozick believe the individual should be?

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‘Left alone’

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What did Burke say about customs?

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‘Customs reconcile us to everything’

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What is a Nozick quote about individual people?

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‘There are only individual people, different individual people, with their own lives’

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What did Hobbes say humans have?

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‘A perpetual and restless desire for power after power, that ceaseth only in death’

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