In other countries, the radical of one century is the conservative of the next; in ours, the conservative of one generation is the radical of the next.

While the poets of the revolution were busily at work, the conservatives were not altogether voiceless; nor were the notes of the romantic lyric silenced.

A Conservative is a man who puts on the brakes when he thinks Progress is going to land Civilization in the ditch and wreck the whole concern.

The American conservative of 1790 is the so-called fanatic of 1820; the conservative of 1820 is the fanatic of 1856.

The most conservative of all Swedish papers is Nya Dagligt Allehanda, edited by Dr. J.A. Bjorklund.