The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans oldest exercises

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

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Politics
category

I do have a political agenda. Its to have as few regulations as possible. – Dan Quayle

Category:
Politics

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes. – Demetri Martin

Category:
Politics

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesnt work. And whats good theater and whats good politics isnt necessarily good economic policy. – Michael Bloomberg

Category:
Politics

It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, There are no easy solutions here. – Malcolm Turnbull

Category:
Politics

Random Quotes

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849

Category:
Integrity

My hair was famous before I was. – Christopher Walken

Category:
famous

When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating. – Marcelene Cox

Category:
Procrastination

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one thats driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. – Gordon Ramsay

Category:
Family