Rediscovering the Intellectual Heritage of Conservatism

Conservatism is not a fixation on pleasing big business, maximizing material gain, and looking out for number one. Traditional conservatism demands responsible exercise of freedom, lest it become license, and avoiding egotistical utopian thinking that ignores human fallibility. Piety towards creation and valuing natural beauty are fundamental to maintaining an orderly society that nurtures freedom and dignity.

Good conservatives are good stewards. New life for conservatism and its political home in the Republican Party will be found by rediscovering the intellectual heritage of conservatism. That’s the pole star that must guide a shell-shocked Republican Party towards a new vision founded on old truths.