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  The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Freedom, Independent

  Sir Winston Churchill (1965). “The Churchill Wit”

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• Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

  George Will

  Political, Nerd, Politics

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• A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

  Leonard Bernstein

  Children, Night, Men

  "A Wonderful Life : 50 Eulogies to Lift the Spirit" by Cyrus M. Copeland, (p. 190), 2006.

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• Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Military, Moving

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

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• A government of laws, and not of men.

  John Adams

  Men, Law, Presidential

  "Novanglus Papers" no. 7 (1774). Almost certainly derived from James Harrington, but Adams's use of the phrase gave it wide circulation in the United States. He also used "government of laws, and not of men" in the Declaration of Rights drafted for the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780. See Cox 1; Gerald Ford 3; James Harrington 1

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  Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

  Edmund Burke

  Wisdom, Historical, Repeats

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• What's the difference between a liberal and a conservative? A liberal will interpret the constitution, a conservative will quote it!

  Rush Limbaugh

  Differences, Constitution

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• One of the things that goes with getting older is that one becomes more conservative - and I emphasise that when I use the word conservative I do not mean politically.

  Jeffrey Bernard

  Mean, Getting Older, Use

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• We conservatives bemoan the decline in values that has besieged our society. Why then should we not abhor the lack of morality involved in discharging untested chemicals into the air, ground, and water to alter and harm, to whatever degree, human life and wildlife? As a conservative, I do abhor it.

  Wendell Berry

  Air, Water, Degrees

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• The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Real, Men, Justice

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.389, Best Books on

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• Never, never, never give up.

  Winston Churchill

  Motivational, Giving Up, Self Esteem

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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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• If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.

  Tom Wolfe

  Liberalism, Conservatism, Government Politics

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• Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Presidential, Sticks

  Letter to Henry L. Sprague, 26 Jan. 1900

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• The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Government, Discovery, America

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• The radical of one century is the conservative of the next.

  Mark Twain

  Radicalism, Next, Century

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.393, Courier Corporation

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• If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Hateful, Conservatism, Protected

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• You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.

  Winston Churchill

  Government, Politics, Rich

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• The greatest threat to America is not necessarily a recession or even another terrorist attack. The greatest threat to America is a liberal media bias.

  Lamar S. Smith

  Stupid, Silly, Media

  "Rep. Lamar Smith: ‘The greatest threat to America is a liberal media bias.’". thinkprogress.org. June 4, 2009.

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  A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

  James Madison

  Country, People, Liberty

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• Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and you can be a conservative.

  Glenn Beck

  Couple, Heart, Brain

  "The Glenn Beck Program", October 5, 2006.

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• Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

  Thomas Sowell

  Faces, Liberalism, Humans

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.322, Hoover Press

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• If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.

  John Wooden

  Would Be, Enough, Evidence

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.77, B&H Publishing Group

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• We are all pencils in the hand of God.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Mother, Spiritual

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• If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

  Winston Churchill

  Wisdom, Heart, Political

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