On being conservative Quotes

“When we are young we are not disposed to make concessions to the world; we never feel the balance of a thing in ourhands - unless it be a cricket bat. We are not apt to distinguish between our liking and our esteem; urgency is our criterion of importance; and we do not easily understand that what is humdrum need not be despicable.”
― Michael Oakeshott, On being conservative

“When we are young we are not disposed tomake concessions to the world; we never feel the balance of a thing in ourhands - unless it be a cricket bat. We are not apt to distinguish between ourliking and our esteem; urgency is our criterion of importance; and we do not easily understand that what is humdrum need not be despicable.”
― Michael Oakeshott, On being conservative

“(The conservative) will be suspicious of proposals for change in excess of what the situation calls for, of rulers who demand extra-ordinary powers in order to make great changes and whose utterances are tied to generalities like “the public good” or “social justice”, and of Saviours of Society who buckle on armor and seek dragons to slay”
― Michael Oakeshott, On being conservative