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Conservatives in the United States support American traditions, Christianity, republicanism, businesses, anti-communism, American exceptionalism (the US is unique and special). They think America's enemies are socialism and authoritarianism.

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Conservative thinkers and leaders
Gallery
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Conservative thinkers and leaders

Below is a list of people considered "conservative".

Only a few politicians in the 19th century called themselves "conservative" but later scholars sometimes say the Federalist Party was conservative.

Politicians
Senator Barry Goldwater (1909–1998)
President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)
Vice-President Dick Cheney (b.1941)
Representative Newt Gingrich (b.1943)
President George W. Bush (b.1946)
Vice-President Mike Pence (b.1959)

Judges
Chief Justice William Rehnquist (1924–2005)
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016)
Judge Robert Bork (1927-2012)
Justice Neil Gorsuch (b. 1967)

Economists
Milton Friedman (1912–2006)
Russell Kirk (1918–1994)
Irving Kristol (1920-2009)
Alan Greenspan (b.1926)

Writers and intellectuals
Ayn Rand (1905–1982)
William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008)
Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016)
Robert Nozick (1938–2002)
Pat Buchanan (b.1938)

Media personalities
Rush Limbaugh (b.1951)
Ann Coulter (b. 1961)
Glenn Beck (b. 1964)

Financial supporters
Sheldon Adelson (b. 1933)
Charles G. Koch (b. 1935)
David H. Koch (b. 1940)

Think tanks
American Enterprise Institute
Cato Institute
Heritage Foundation

Gallery

Relevant pages

Conservatism

Images for kids

YES on 8 rally in Fresno, California
President Ronald Reagan holding a "Stop Communism" T-Shirt (1986)
Russell Kirk, conservative theorist
John C. Calhoun

See also

In Spanish: Conservadurismo en los Estados Unidos para niños

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