What is a Conservative?

Regardless to which political party you subscribe, it is essential that you understand what both parties stand for. How can you argue your point if you don’t recognize the other sides views?

Conserve simply means to hold back or “to use or manage wisely; preserve; save.” (dictionary.com) A conservative is simply one who wishes to save core values, morals, and human rights.

The United States Constitution is of great value to the conservative. Conservatives or the right, believe that the US constitution should not be interpreted. The right believes that we should take the constitution to mean exactly what the founding fathers meant when they wrote it.

More importantly, the Right believes that the constitution is not meant to evolve. The founding fathers realized that society would change and therefore its problems would change; that’s why the founders provided for amendments.

The idea of the constitution being a living document is just a seductive way to allow perversion to it. The constitution should be read exactly how the men writing it wished it to be interpreted.

Our country is founded on the constitution. If we let the constitution ‘live,’ we are prepping for anarchy, oligarchy, or tyranny. Bending the rules is a terrific first step in losing our freedom.

Many conservatives are concerned that the Federal government is using the excuse of an ‘evolving’ constitution to increase in influence and to increase taxes.

As Ronald Reagan stated, “The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution.”

All the fundamental points conservatives follow pivot on preserving what the founding fathers intended, gun rights, property rights, low taxes, and less governmental support.

One of, if not the most important concern of conservatives lies in limiting government control.

Just escaping the smothering control of England, The founding fathers took extra precaution when writing the constitution. Their number one goal was to avoid excessive government control.



As Tomas Jefferson commented, "Most bad government has grown out of too much government." Jefferson also stated, “The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.”

Founding father Thomas Paine commented, “If…we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude.”

Benjamin Franklin wrote "The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."

This last quote from Franklin sums up conservative views nicely. The purpose of the constitution is to open a door so that the average citizen may “pursue happiness.” Not so the federal government can hand out a placebo pill of ‘happiness’. Unfortunately, the Government attempt make everyone happy will only result in misery and loss of freedom.

Whether or not you “catch” happiness is up to you.