Show Notes

In this episode, Jason and Matt discuss how the term “conservative” has been redefined and offer the correct definition in the context of American politics.

• Conservative: “having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste or injury.” —Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Exodus 20:2 – 10 Commandments
• “On every question of construction [of the Constitution] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or intended against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.” —Thomas Jefferson
• “Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.” —James Madison