“Let me now state what seems to me the decisive objection to any conservatism which deserves to be called such. It is that by its very nature it cannot offer an alternative to the direction in which we are moving. It may succeed by its resistance to current tendencies in slowing down undesirable developments, but, since it does not indicate another direction, it cannot prevent their continuance. It has, for this reason, invariably been the fate of conservatism to be dragged along a path not of its own choosing. The tug of war between conservatives and progressives can only affect the speed, not the direction, of contemporary developments.”
Does this not describe the Republican party?
“It is that by its very nature it cannot offer an alternative to the direction in which we are moving.”
Nonsense unless you are referring to the republican establishment.
Conservative republicans hold to the path of freedom, no need for any alternative.
“Does this not describe the Republican party?”
Yes, it does, but it does not describe Reagan conservatism, or dsc conservatism, or FR conservatism.