1. Conservative party - Noun
2. Conservative party - Proper noun
a political party (especially in Great Britain or Australia) that believes in the importance of a capitalist economy with private ownership rather than state control
Source: WordNetThe historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the different elements within the state at those times when, for one reason or another, their imbalance threatens to disrupt the orderly development of society. Edward Heath
The Conservative Party has one overriding concern in foreign policy, and that is the growth of Communist power and influence in the world, and the dangers it can bring for all of us. Reginald Maudling
I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people, only qualified by fear; but I think the principle of the Liberal Party is trust in the people, only qualified by prudence. William Ewart Gladstone
The Liberal Democrat Party and the Conservative Party come at things very differently when it comes to Europe. When it comes to political reform, we have a much greater tradition in the Liberal Democrats of social justice and fairness than the Conservatives do. Nick Clegg
I'm an intellectual Thatcherite, just as I was an intellectual Powellite, and I think it important that the Conservative party should be in good hands and that it should win elections. Maurice Cowling
The main enemy of conservatism in Britain is the Conservative Party. Peter Hitchens