Political Science · Political Theory
'Conservatism is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the near to the distant.' Which conservative thinker said this?
AOakeshott ✓ Correct
BKarl Popper
CBenjamin Disraeli
DMetternich
Correct answer: (A) Oakeshott — This famous passage was written by Michael Oakeshott.
Explanation
★This famous passage was written by Michael Oakeshott.
★Oakeshott was a leading British conservative thinker.
★He valued the tried, the familiar and the actual.
★He is also known for adopting the historical approach.
★His conservatism prized practice and tradition over abstract schemes.
★So the lines belong to Oakeshott.
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