Thus, authority and law are only means to build and conserve as much freedom as possible. Compulsory law and subjection to authority limit freedom; conservatives adhere to and even espouse these not because of what they limit, but because those limitations on freedom create more freedom than would otherwise be had.
Law and authority are only some of the limitations on freedom conservatives espouse--they are not necessarily always the most important or most effective methods. Thus, conservatives endorse some law and some authority, and eschew others, all with the intent of building and conserving freedom.