Why I am a Conservative?

For that I firstly need to define Conservatism. As opposed to what people generally think (especially in India), it is not about religious chauvinism, obstinacy of traditions, male superiority, opposition to science, advocacy of war and violence etc...

To clarify my stand, my idol and ideal is Mahatma Gandhi and you can read him to find my viewpoints about most of the things. Still I would keep updating you about my thoughts in my posts in this blog. And why I call them Conservative (any liberal would know that Gandhi differed from them on almost every point!)

To begin, I would quote Republic presidential candidate of 1964, Barry Goldwater.

"The root difference between the Conservatives and the Liberals of today is that Conservatives take account of the whole man, while the Liberals tend to look only at the material side of man’s nature. The Conservative believes that man is, in part, an economic, an animal creature; but that he is also a spiritual creature with spiritual needs and spiritual desires. What is more, these needs and desires reflect the superior side of man’s nature, and thus take precedence over his economic wants. Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man’s spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand, - in the name of “concern for “human beings” — regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society."