John Hawkins never stops making awesome lists. His latest is 40 Classic Conservative Quotes, which is very helpful in introducing laymen to what conservatism means. Check out the whole list, but here are some of my favorites:

3) All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke

4) The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. -- Winston Churchill

7) "The America Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." -- Alexis de Tocqueville

12) The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital... if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today. -- William Henry Harrison

16) I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. -- Martin Luther King

18) Compassion is defined not by how many people are on the government dole but by how many people no longer need government assistance. -- Rush Limbaugh

24) People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. -- George Orwell

29) Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process. -- Ronald Reagan

36) There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs. -- Thomas Sowell

37) ...Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we were largely responsible for securing liberty for a substantial share of the world's population and defending it for most of the rest. -- Margaret Thatcher