What is conservatism?

Conservatism is about principles, not personalities or politics. Russell Kirk offers some principles to help formulate a working definition as we debate what conservatism is.

What is conservatism? And who can rightly call themselves conservative? If you oppose a certain idea or politician one who is conservative can find themselves labeled as “not conservative.”

This is a question that people on the right of the ideological spectrum has been debating and that fight has picked up steam in a post-Trump political environment.

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