Traditional Conservatives

• Trad Cons


  Believed it was important to protect historical institutions.

  Church

  Crown

  Property rights
• Trad Cons

  Avoided overt jingoism, but encouraged patriotism and the need for a strong military to protect domestic and foreign interests.
• Trad Cons and Economy

  Against intervention in the economy or forced redistribution of wealth.

  Argued that inequality is natural as people have different skills.

  Further, the implementation of abstract ideas is likely to fail.