Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free markets produce the greatest good for the greatest number always, but only, when tethered to virtue and morality.

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We are in favor of greater free markets.

— Ed Gillespie

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Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

— Scott Adams

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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

— James Madison

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There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

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