A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. – Leonard Bernstein, New York Times, 1988 October 30th

Im always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians. – John F. Kennedy

The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans oldest exercises in moral philosophy that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. – John Kenneth Galbraith