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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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Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. – Ambrose Bierce

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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

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The appeal of the New Right is simply that it seems to promise that nothing will change in the domestic realm. People are terrified of change there, because its the last humanizing force left in society, and they think, correctly, that it must be retained. – Gerda Lerner

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Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid. – Kin Hubbard

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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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