History and basic tenets of the modern conservative movement - texty The Heritage Foundation o historii moderního konzervativního hnutí
Americká The Heritage Foundation a její internetová verze Insider online publikovala texty k historii a principům moderního konzervativního hnutí. Texty v angličtitě ke stažení:
The Conservative Movement since 1950 - 2005
Funding the Movement 2005
The Roots of Modern Conservative Thought
Zde je krátká ukázka z textu Kořeny moderního konzervativního myšlení:
"The roots of our liberty run deep. They were planted, Kirk says, nearly three thousand years ago by the Hebrews, who perceived “a purposeful moral existence under God.”1 The Greeks strengthened the roots with their philosophical and political self-awareness, and were followed by the Romans,who nurtured the roots with their law and social awareness.
The roots intertwined with “the Christian understanding of human duties and human hopes, of man redeemed,” and were then joined by medieval custom,learning, and valor.
The roots were enriched, finally, by two great experiments in law and liberty that occurred in London,home of the British Parliament, and in Philadelphia,birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Kirk’s analysis thus might be called a tale of five cities—Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia."