“You see, this is the point I'm making with the liberal elite. In the war between the have-nots and the have-everything's, their guilt is our ammunition. Never forget that.”— Paul Abbott, Sheila Callaghan, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, imdb.com
“The essence of liberalism is a genuine concern and deep respect for all the people. Not monuments or institutions or associations but people….A liberal program must also be…responsible…reasonable, rational, realistic….”— Pat Brown, latimes.com
“Global warming's a bunch of crap Al Gore made up to sell books to Californians.”— Jim Patterson, Don Reo, Beau, Sam Elliott, imdb.com
“There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.”— Stokely Carmichael, successories.com
“Ever since second-wave feminism became part of the political left, there have been men who, ostensibly enlightened in the realm of gender relations, are in fact deeply misogynist and believe that their progressive street cred somehow obviates their attitudes about women, attitudes as regressive as t…”— James Kirchick, thedailybeast.com
“Asking protestors to remain non-violent as Nazis approach them is in effect, asking those of us who are the target of Nazi violence, to be willing to die for the sake of liberal sensibilities. You don’t have to support violence yourself or go out and punch a Nazi, but do not ask marginalized people…”— Abdullah Shihipar, qz.com
“Insofar as the definition of ‘white supremacist’ includes Bernie Sanders, the term is not going to retain significant stigma, or even be understood by most of America. Insofar as attempts to point that out are met, by academics on social media or opinion journalists at left-of-center outlets, with t…”— Conor Friedersdorf, theatlantic.com
“More importantly, though, is that calling the United States a democracy is incomplete; we are a (small 'l') liberal democracy: that is not only do we elect our representatives, but we also are governed by the rule of law and the guarantee of individual rights and personal liberty. That our liberalis…”— Ben Thompson, stratechery.com
“Your Government is still on the same side of the street with the Good Samaritan and not with those who pass by on the other side.”— Franklin Roosevelt, millercenter.org
“What we have right now is this ridiculous situation where if you criticize liberals, people say, 'She’s a conservative!' Now, what kind of a lack of information is this about intellectual history? Liberalism is only 200 years old. There are other points of view on the world besides that of liberalis…”— Camille Paglia, amazon.com
“The left's concern for the interests and wellbeing of the powerless and the weak, and its belief that such powerlessness and weakness are the results of the social system, and not of the inadequacies of the people within it, leads it to propose a political program of social action. The right has bee…”— John Fiske, amazon.com