Point I:  We Conservatives usually are deeply religious.  We believe in an all-powerful God, and we feel a direct responsibility toward Him.  We believe that He has plainly established how we should behave upon this earth, and has given us rules, laws, and a code to live by.  He has established our relationship with our fellow-man and how we, as His creation, are expected to perform.  God tells us in no uncertain terms to love Him and obey Him, or else....
God has given us standards, and as believers we use these standards to evaluate ourselves, our neighbors, our Nation and the world.  We believe that evil is a separate and dominant force upon this earth, whose sole function is to separate man from God.  We recognize that only God is all-powerful and all-knowing.  We believe that man is finite and has no right to play God with anybody.

Point II:  We are individualists.  We respect the integrity of other individuals and expect this in return.  We believe man controls his social environment, not the other way around.

Point III:  We feel responsible for our own actions.  We usually look to ourselves when something goes wrong instead of finding someone or something to blame.

Point IV:  We are self-supporting.  Generally we take care of ourselves and our own, and expect others to do the same.  We like to help others when they ask for help, but would consider it both rude and debasing to interject ourselves into their lives without their express desire.  We vigorously resent others who attempt to play God and Godfather to those who don't want it.

Point V:  We respect authority.  We are taught from childhood to respect our parents, our teachers, our American institutions, our Constitution, our Church.  We are impressed by those who through study and self-sacrifice, gain positions of authority.  We believe these positions of authority should be used honorably and with dignity.

Point VI:  We come to conclusions.  Because of our moral standards, we evaluate what we hear, read, and study.  Based upon what knowledge we have, we sift, assess and come to conclusions.  People who come to conclusions rarely ask questions....they make statements, emphatic statements.  I might add, this "coming to conclusions and making statements" aspect of the Conservative is of key significance.  It affects his whole attitude in conversations.

Point VII:  We try to be truthful.  Usually we try to answer every question posed to us.  When asked, we feel a compulsion to state our views.  We are sometimes aware that what we believe may not be "popular," but we feel that if we don't answer, we are not being moral.  Often we carry this too far.
We dislike those who lie and look upon prevaricators as people of weak character.  We are not compatible with "professional politicians" who twist the truth glibly and bend it to fit a certain audience.  They make us very apprehensive.

Point VIII:  We tend to be emphatic individuals.  Right's right and wrong's wrong.  Black's black and white's white.  We generally speak our piece in a few words (most often in the form of a statement).  Diplomacy is not an art to which we pay much attention.

Point IX:  We are impatient.  A well-informed Conservative finds himself doing a lot of things he would rather not do.  He participates heavily in politics, attends meetings, gives speeches, and finds himself in a position of having to inform others on the nature of communism (and socialism).  The prime concern of a Conservative is "let's get this country shaped up so I can get back to doing what I did before."  He's in a hurry.
The idea that this is a long-range project isn't too appetizing to his conservative palate; in fact, it's downright distasteful.  He becomes extremely impatient with others who aren't doing their part.  They are a constant source of frustration to him.  "What's WRONG with them?  Can't they SEE what's going on?" he impatiently inquires.
A Conservative usually under-estimates his own abilities and intelligence.  He often asks:  "If I am bright enough to see the problem, why can't others?"

Point X:  Conservatives anger easily.  We might not always visibly show our anger, but you can often count on it being somewhere inside us.  Why do we anger?  Simple....when you combine our knowledge with our conclusions, add our strong sense of right and wrong, sprinkle in our impatience and put us into a situation where we are conversing with an individual who thinks everything is "peaches and cream," you're going to have an angry Conservative on your hands.

Point XI:  We many times give the impression of being dogmatic, self-righteous, overbearing, and often develop the "either you're with me or you're against me" complex.  Because of our convictions, we frequently seem overbearing; in other words, we sometimes come on like the wrath of God.  Because of our impatience, we often appear dogmatic.  We have a strong sense of individual and national morality; it is a vital factor to us.  Generally we bring this into our conversations and sometimes, if we don't watch how we project our position, others draw the conclusion that we are "holier than thou".
Christ was the only one who could say, "He who is not with me is against me."  (Luke 11:23).  When we develop this kind of attitude toward our less-informed friends (and we often do), we literally close the door to useful communications.  People are "with us" by the intelligent way we inform.

Point XII:  We abhor all forms of totalitarianism.  We have a deep-seated distrust for those who carry the banner heralding the omnipotence of any form of government.  We have faith in the individual because we believe society is formed of individuals.  We believe in the uncommon man, and we believe he only becomes "common" when he grants divinity to demagogues.
We are FOR freedom....thus we must oppose any negative program which subverts free men.  History has proven conclusively that the dictator can dictate only when he has a centralized government to enforce his demands.
POWER DOES corrupt and absolute power DOES corrupt absolutely.
We become distraught when we see good people gravitating towards the siren call of centralized government.  Our minds project to the inevitable conclusion of such folly....and we shudder.

Point XIII:  We deem ourselves fortunate to have been exposed to such great minds as Thomas Jefferson, Ludwig von Mises, and E. Merrill Root.  The solid thought that these men project offers the mind solid food in a sea of pabulum.
We find it difficult to refute the soundness of a Frederic Bastiat, and we have yet to find the collectivist who has even tried (and remained a collectivist).
We Conservatives believe that in a more complex world the degree of freedom a man possesses is in direct proportion to the responsibility, integrity and accurate knowledge of the individuals composing the society in which he lives.
Ignorance is the pliable putty of the demagogue.