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Liberal Quotes
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Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of the people tempered by fear. (Quote by - William E. Gladstone)
A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn't own. (Quote by - Frank Dane)
Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned. (Quote by - Dick Gregory)
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth. (Quote by - Jacques Barzun)
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
If...the machine of government...is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists (Quote by - Abbie Hoffman)
You know what they say: if God had been a Liberal, we wouldn't have had the ten commandments. We'd have had the ten suggestions. (Quote by - Christopher Bigsby and Malcolm Bradbury)
A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon. (Quote by - Gregory Nunn)
I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money. (Quote by - Will Rogers)
A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. (Quote by - Barry Goldwater)
A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money. (Quote by - Carter Glass)
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedoms of others. (Quote by -Nelson Mandela)
The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)