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Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a return to the way things were. Political science often credits the Irish politician Edmund Burke with many of the ideas now called conservative.
General
[edit]- Democracy in America, 1840 by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Conservatism: Its Principle, Policy, and Practice: a reply to Mr. Gladstones speech at Wigan, 23rd October, 1868 by Alexander Lindsay IA
- "Radicalism, Conservatism, and the Transition of Institutions" by in Popular Science Monthly, 4 (December 1873).
- The Conservatism of the Future: being a letter addressed to Lord Randolph Churchill, M.P., 1884 by J. J. Coxhead IA
- Present-day Conservatism and Liberalism Within Biblical Lines, 1911 by James Glentworth Butler IA
- Conservatism, 1912 by Hugh Cecil IA
History
[edit]- Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790 by Edmund Burke (British Member of Parliament, Whig) the founding philosophic opus of Conservatism
United Kingdom
[edit]- A History of Toryism, 1886 by Thomas Edward Kebbel IA
- The Early History of the Tories, 1908 by Clement Boulton Roylance Kent IA
- A History of the Tory Party, 1923 by Maurice Henry Woods IA
United States
[edit]- History of the Republican Party, 1884 by Frank Abial Flower IA
- The Republican Party; Its History, Principles, and Policies, 1888 by John Davis Long IA
- The Republican Party (Curtis), 1904 by Francis Curtis
- The Formation of the Republican Party as a National Political Organization, 1911 by Gordon Saul Philip Kleeberg IA
- The Republican Party, 1920 by Willis Fletcher Johnson and Ray Burdick Smith
Speeches
[edit]- Conservative Principles, 3 April 1872 by Benjamin Disraeli (British Prime Minister)
- Address to the Conservative Political Action Congress, February 7, 2008 by John McCain (United States Senator)
- Common Sense Conservatism, by John McCain (United States Senator)
- Neo-CONNED, 10 July 2003 by Ron Paul (United States Congressman)
Political parties
[edit]British Conservative Party
[edit]- The Tamworth Manifesto, 1834 by Robert Peel (British Prime Minister) considered by historians to be the basic statement of the beliefs of the new Conservative Party. The foundation of "One Nation Toryism".
- Tory Democracy, 1911 by J. M. Kennedy IA
- Tory Democracy, 1918 by Henry Cavendish Bentinck IA
Criticism
[edit]- The Conservative, 1841 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reference
[edit]- "Conservative Party," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911). (British party)