Quote by Mark Twain
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the cons

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

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It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. – 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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There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots. – Stephen Carter

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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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We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least. – Gail Sheehy

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