保守主义就是偏爱熟悉而非陌生，偏爱经过尝试而非未经尝试，偏爱事实而非神秘，偏爱实际而非可能，偏爱有限而非无限，偏爱近处而非远方，偏爱足够而非过剩，偏爱便利而非完美，偏爱当下的欢笑而非乌托邦的幸福。
爱是一种严重的精神疾病。
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.