Ideas were the original motivation of the conservative movement, and the greatest source of conservatism's strength, M. Stanton Evans told young activists Wednesday night, as he talked about the era of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan:
What was driving people was the philosophy. It was the ideas, it was the principles, not power for its own sake, not just being there to be part of the system, not playing the game. It was standing up for principles that were basic to the conservative movement. That's something that pragmatism and accommodation, waffling cannot supply, that is the commitment and motivation of people who are moved by principle, that is the greatest asset to the conservative movement has had.Mr. Evans, who has spent more than 50 years as a conservative journalist, author and activist, spoke at the Heritage Foundation, in a lecture sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
-- Kevin Vance, intern, The Washington Times
