'Accumulated Wisdom'

"Conservatism has always been and will always be a force to reckon with because it most closely approximates the reality of the human condition, based, as it is, on the cumulative judgment and experience of a people. It is the heir, not the apostate, to the accumulated wisdom, morality and faith of the people."

From "Forging a conservative agenda: Time to reassess what went wrong and right" by Tony Blankley November 4, 2008.