Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as di

Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – Ambrose Bierce

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Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots. – Stephen Carter

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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will. – Mark Twain

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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who has never learned to walk. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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What is conservatism? It is not adherence to the old and tried, but against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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