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In fact, conservatism is not a body of principles, but a tone, an attitude. That attitude does indeed tend to conduce towards a respect for the wisdom acquired by human beings through long ages and towards skepticism of social blueprints...

— Frank Meyer

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Freedom brings men rudely and directly face to face with their responsibility for their free actions.

In Defense of Freedom (1962)

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