Conservatism

(noun.) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes.

整理:泰丝

• But conditions change whether statesmen wish them to or not; society must have new institutions to fit new wants, and all that rigid conservatism can do is to make the transitions difficult. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Possibly the leaders would travel too fast and too far on the road to perfection if conservatism did not also play its salutary part in insisting that the procession move forward as a whole. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He wanted to go back to the dullest conservatism, to the most stupid of conventional people. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Absolute democrats can also line up their witnesses: the conservatism of the Swiss, Wisconsin's successful experiments, the patience and judgment of the Danes. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Rightly understood, the idea behind the words contains all that is valuable in conservatism, and, for the first time, gives a reputable meaning to that tortured epithet constructive. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

校对:马蒂