I had just turned 30. Looking back, I'm thinking it was a fulfillment of the Churchill aphorism that "If you're not a leftist at age 20, you have no heart ... if you're not conservative by age 30, you have no head."*
*Paraphrased - I don't know if Churchill actually said it. But if he didn't, he should have.
Myself about 21. . . I had just converted so my values underwent a radical change.
I don’t know about that “heart” quote. . . I think conservatives are far more compassionate. We deal with reality. Perhaps the young don’t have a good enough grip on reality, for the most part.