Fourth, conservatives are guided by their principle of prudence. Burke agrees with Plato that in the statesman, prudence is chief among virtues. Any public measure ought to be judged by its probable long-run consequences, not merely by temporary advantage or popularity.
This is where republican have steared off course but liberals have not, Republicans are radical in that they now seek p[ower for power sake and are willinig to say anything to get that power, its populaism on steriods
