I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negros great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. – Proverb

Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy, and a pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order. – Spiro T. Agnew