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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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Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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I do not know which makes a man more conservative — to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past. – John Maynard Keynes

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The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them. – Mark Twain

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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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