#liberal

I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view. ↗

— Evan Davis

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Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists. ↗

— Rich Lowry

#because #candidates #conservative #culturally #liberal

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy. ↗

— Robert Reich

#almost #because #concentration #concerned #democracy

Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#conservatives #decisively #enabled #lest #liberalism

There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#defenders #defense #during #faith #fighting

The "takings" clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#clause #conservatives #equal #equal protection #fifth

I had a liberal arts education at Amherst College where I had two majors, mathematics and philosophy. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

#arts #arts education #college #education #had

Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit. ↗

— Thomas Willis

#born #broken #drunkards #effeminate #great

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. ↗

— Karl Rove

#attacks #conservatives #indictments #liberals #offer

"Empathy" is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash. ↗

— Karl Rove

#backlash #branch #clay #code #constitution