compassionate conservatism

== English == === Noun === compassionate conservatism (uncountable) A political philosophy that stresses using traditionally Conservative techniques and concepts in order to improve the general welfare of society. 1984 November 8, James Robert Jones (interviewee), New York Times I think we should adopt the slogan of compassionate conservatism.... We can be fiscally conservative without losing our commitment to the needy and we must redirect our policy in that direction. ==== Related terms ==== compassionate conservative ==== References ==== Myron Magnet (5 February 1999), “What is compassionate conservatism?”, in The Wall Street Journal ==== Further reading ==== compassionate conservatism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia