Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally imp…

William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and that it is given to man to know what are the great truths that emerged from them. ✨ William F. Buckley, Jr. (1959). Up from Liberalism
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