liberal quotes

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as ‚evil.‘ Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

The label ‚liberal‘ or ‚conservative,‘ any – every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from ‚Iolanthe.‘ It goes, ‚Every gal and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.‘ What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

I’ve always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.