Anti Conservative Quotes

• Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

  Ronald Reagan

  Courage, War, Patriotic

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

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• The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Honesty, Integrity, Philosophy

  "Stop the Madness". "The Globe and Mail" Newspaper, July 6, 2002.

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• Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

  Aristotle

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security.

  Paul Keating

  Jobs, Hypocrite, Duplicity

  Campaign Launch Speech in Melbourne, pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au. February 14, 1996.

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  Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

  John Stuart Mill

  Stupid, People, Conservative

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• Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Gun, Lunch, Democracies Have

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• A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Grandmother, Political, Doubt

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• History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

  Ronald Reagan

  Veterans Day, Money, Peace

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

  George Washington

  Gun, Fake, Second Amendment

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• When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  War, Men, Funeral

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

  George Will

  Political, Nerd, Politics

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• Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Political, Preparation, Progress

  'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 2, ch. 5

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• In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.

  Rick Mercer

  Stupid, Boys, Differences

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• A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

  Leo Rosten

  Political, Definitions, Politics

  "The Modern Handbook of Humor". Book by Ralph Woods, 1967.

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• Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Government, Problem

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• A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Men, Thinking, Political

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• I admire that about the Republicans: The evidence does not faze them. They are not bothered at all by the facts.

  William J. Clinton

  Funny, Humorous, Party

  "Statement on Congressional Action on the Foreign Operations". William J. "Bill" Clinton's remarks at a Reception for Representative Martin T. Meehan in Lowell, Massachusetts, www.govrecords.org. October 20, 2000.

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• I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Moving, Men, Innovation

  "Democracy in America". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville. Volume II, Book Three, Chapter XXI, 1840.

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• The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

  Edward Kennedy

  Country, Conservative, Financial

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Funny, Humorous, Party

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• The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

  Desmond Tutu

  Memorial Day, Peace, Freedom

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• Latins for Republicans. It's like roaches for Raid.

  John Leguizamo

  Latin, Roaches, Republican

  "Slim-Fast Trims Whoopi From Ads" by Joel Roberts, www.cbsnews.com. July 15, 2004.

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• I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out who's hitting you? It's about time that the people of America realized what the Republicans have been doing to them.

  Harry S. Truman

  America, People, Hitting

  Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2003). “Miracle of Forty-eight”, p.72, SIU Press

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• Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.

  George Carlin

  Philosophy, Long, People

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Yelling, Political, Politics

  "Why Republican Politicians Keep Selling Out Freedom" by Jo Jorgensen, gos.sbc.edu. 1996.

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