J.M. Keynes on American Conservatism

For this particular conservative, the following words from Essays in Persuasion by J.M. Keynes carry immediate relevance.

Well not really on American conservatism, but for this particular conservative, these words from Essays in Persuasion carry immediate relevance:

Half the copybook wisdom of our statesmen is based on assumptions which were at one time true, or partly true, but are now less and less true by the day. We have to invent new wisdom for a new age. And in the meantime we must, if we are to do any good, appear unorthodox, troublesome, dangerous, disobedient to them that begat us. (p. 183)