Here's one more: “*It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so*.”
Ronald Reagan (Thanks for sharing these Guy!) On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Guy Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thought the following descriptions and caustic quotes concerning liberals > and conservatives might be amusing to many. Oddly no definition for > "libertarian" though a bit of running commentary about both Republicans and > Democrats. > > Extracted from the newly released *The Devil’s Dictionary (new millennia > edition)*. Grab a copy for your cynical old man for father's day. > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983240752/ > > > > *conservative* > noun > > 1. A person who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. > > 2. A statesman fond of existing evils. > > 3. A person with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk > forward. > > 4. A liberal that has either been mugged or paid taxes. > > The most radical revolutionary will become a > conservative the day after the revolution. > > — Hannah Arendt > > > The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical > invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. > > — Mark Twain > > > The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of > thinking. > > — John Kenneth Galbraith > > > > > *liberal* > noun > > 1. Someone who does not care what you do as long as it is > compulsory. > > 2. A person who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which > he proposes to pay-off with your money. > > 3. A person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment. > > 4. A person too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. > > 5. A school of thought loved by people, but hated by > Republicans. > > 6. A statesman that strives to replace current evils with > fresh, new evils. > > It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without > changing a single idea. > > — Robert Anton Wilson > > Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful > consideration to both sides of the same side. > > — Unknown > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
