To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.

Michael Oakeshott

On Being Conservative

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Conservatism Politics

Author

Michael Oakeshott

Source

On Being Conservative

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Oakeshott, Michael. "On Being Conservative. " Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. Methuen, 1962.

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