A conservative is a man who does not think that anything should be done for the first time.
- Frank Vanderlip
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A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
- Alfred Wiggam
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I have to go get my Big Book of Quotations. It's organized by topic, and has indices of authors, etc. Quite handy for things like this.
Here's one by Francis MacDonald Cornford (1874-1943)
Every public action which is not customary either is wrong of if is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time.
Thanks - I will use it at some point in the future.