1. History is a continuous line that no single generation has the right to or can cancel.
2. Society is not a machine with replaceable parts. Stability and longevity instead of change indicate the success of a society.
3. The only legitimate sources of political authority were god and history. The Social Contract Theory was rejected because a contract cannot make authority legitimate.
4. Community is essential to life. Self-interest does not lead to social harmony but to social conflict.
5. Measuring happiness and progress in material terms ignored humans as spiritual begins.
6. Rejected the idea of natural rights, and believed that rights did not belong to people every where but only during certain times.
7. Humans who had education, intelligence wealth and certain birth rights were better able to rule.

IMPACT

Conservatism Was Basically "Anti" in its Propositions. Never Had a Feasible Program of its Own. The Object of the Their Hatred Was a Liberal Society Which They Claimed Was Antisocial and Morally Degrading. While Their Criticisms Contained Much Justification, Conservatives Ignored the Positive and Promising Features of Liberal Society. Conservative Criticism Did Poke Holes in Liberal Ideology, and Pointed Toward a New Social Tyranny, the Aggressive Middle Class.