Liberalism Quotes - Page 2

• A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force.

  Francis Parker Yockey

  Reflection, Negative, Moments

  Francis Parker Yockey (2013). “Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics”, p.275, The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group)

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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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• Liberalism can only be defined negatively. It is a mere critique, not a living idea

  Francis Parker Yockey

  Ideas, Critique, Mere

  Francis Parker Yockey (2013). “Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics”, p.276, The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group)

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  In the druidical religion of liberalism, not separating your recyclables is a sin, but abortion is just a medical procedure.

  Ann Coulter

  Abortion, Medical, Sin

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• Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Mean, Prejudice, Poverty

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• He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Funny, Wisdom, Intelligence

  Andrew Carnegie (2015). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie”, p.69, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Liberalism makes this mistake in regard to private property and Marxism makes it in regard to socialized property... The Marxist illusion is partly derived from a romantic conception of human nature... It assumes that the socialization of property will eliminate human egotism... The development of a managerial class in Russia, combing economic with political power, is an historic refutation of the Marxist theory.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Wisdom, Mistake, Russia

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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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• The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.

  Lenny Bruce

  Funny, People, Political

  In John Cohen Essential Lenny Bruce (1970) p. 59

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• How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

  Ronald Reagan

  Business, Government, Political

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Liberalism is a mental disorder.

  Michael Savage

  Disorder, Mental Disorder

  Michael Savage (2011). “Abuse of Power: A Thriller”, p.312, St. Martin's Press

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• If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Inspirational, Humor, Thinking

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut”, p.228, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Liberalism... is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Cry, Planets, Miscellaneous

  Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1960). “the Revolt of the Masses”

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• Liberalism is essentially the belief that there can be a reconciliation of all difficulties and differences, and since there can't, it is a misleading way to approach politics.

  Maurice Cowling

  Differences, Way, Belief

  "Singular Encounters" by Naim Attallah, Quartet Books, (p. 136), 1990.

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• Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, People, Political

  "Random Thoughts". Column at Jewish World Review, www.jewishworldreview.com. February 01, 2002.

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• Liberalism -- it is well to recall this today -- is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet. It announces the determination to share existence with the enemy; more than that, with an enemy which is weak.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Determination, Generosity, Enemy

  Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1960). “the Revolt of the Masses”

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• Liberalism had come to mean spending more on everything-speech police, failed poverty programs that reward dependence, a bigger nanny state telling us we cannot eat fatty foods, workplace roles that stifle opportunity, and absurd environmental regulations.

  John Stossel

  Mean, Opportunity, Police

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• For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem.

  Ronald Reagan

  Average, Answers, Messages

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• Liberals hate America, they hate "flag-wavers", they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except Islam (post 9/11). Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now.

  Ann Coulter

  Hate, Islamic, Usa

  "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right". Book by Ann Coulter, 2002.

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• Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide.

  James Burnham

  Suicide, Ideology, Western

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• Liberalism regards all absolutes with profound skepticism, including both moral imperatives and final solutions... Insistence upon any particular solution is the mark of an ideologue.

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Faith, Freedom, Knowledge

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• Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives.

  Morris Raphael Cohen

  Attitude, Self, Support

  Morris Raphael Cohen (1993). “The Faith of a Liberal”, p.437, Transaction Publishers

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• Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Thinking, People, Political

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• In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

  Confucius

  Country, Countries Of The World, Government

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• I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.

  Johnny Ramone

  People, Age, World

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