“There are many who have lost faith in this early American ideal and believe in a form of socialistic, totalitarian rule, a sort of big brother deity to run our lives for us. They no longer believe that free men can successfully manage their own affairs. Their thesis is that a handful of men, centere…”— Douglas Macarthur, amazon.com
“You're not a conservative. You're a reactionary. You use fear and the fantasy of a time that never was 'when people left their doors unlocked.' People like Mr. Anderson and Trump are not the garbage. They are the flies that the garbage has drawn. It's time that we stop worrying about the flies and w…”— Todd Kubrak, Sally Keffler, Mare Winningham, imdb.com
“You say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which…”— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikisource.org
“Fascism is a reactionary force which is trying to preserve the old system by means of violence. What will you do with the Fascists? Argue with them? Try to convince them?”— Joseph Stalin, newstatesman.com