Conservative key thinkers + quotes Flashcards
“Life in a state of nature would be ________, ____, _____, _______ and _____”
“Life in a state of nature would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”
“The condition of man… is a condition of ___ of _______ against _______”
“The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone”
“__________is necessary not because men are ___, but because they care more for individualistic needs more than _______”
“Government is necessary not because men are bad, but because they care more for individualistic needs more than society”
“Society is but a contract between the ____, ______ and those yet to __ ____”
“Society is but a contract between the dead, living and those yet to be born”
We “love the little _______ to which we belong”
We “love the little platoon to which we belong”
“The state without the means to ______ is without the means of its ____________”
“The state without the means to change is without the means of its conservation”
“To be conservative is to prefer the ________ to the _______, to prefer the _____ to the _______”
“To be conservative is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried”
“In a _______, _________ are only useful after experience of preparing the ____”
“In a kitchen, cookbooks are only useful after experience of preparing the meal”
Rather than brutish and short, our lives in state of nature would more be “_____, _______ and ______”
Rather than brutish and short, our lives in state of nature would more be “noisy, foolish and flawed”
“Money is the barometer of a society’s ______”
“Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue”
Even the most enterprising individuals are still _______ loving ____ _______
Even the most enterprising individuals are still freedom loving pack animals
“________ is legalised _____”
“Taxation is legalised theft”
“There is no such thing as society, only ________ and ___________.”
“There is no such thing as society, only families and individuals.”
“I don’t support ___ ________ in spite of being a ____________. I support ___ ________ because I am a ____________.”
“I don’t support gay marriage in spite of being a Conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a Conservative.”
