Balanced Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

During the New Deal, people thought to be liberal was to reject socialism on one extreme and fascism on the other, and to preserve…

— Noah Feldman

Liberalism is essentially the belief that there can be a reconciliation of all difficulties and differences, and since there can't, it is a misleading…

— Maurice Cowling

It's very important to say that what I mean when I say 'liberal' is liberal in the 19th-century British sense. Pro-market, pro-individual, freedom, pro-openness.…

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

Our objectives are socialist. That means an irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth in favour of working people.

— John McDonnell

When progressives talk about equity, they mean equal outcomes, not opportunities. They want a government that's so powerful, it owns everything and chooses how…

— Tommy Tuberville

The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern.

— John B. S. Haldane

My objection to Liberalism is thisthat it is the introduction into the practicalbusiness of life of the highest kindnamely, politicsof philosophical ideas instead of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Capitalism and socialism are two distinct patterns of social organization. Private control of the means of production and public control are contradictory notions and…

— Ludwig von Mises

For at least the past 65 years, liberalism has been nothing if not an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of the…

— Alan Brinkley

A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone…

— Charles Koch

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side

— Thomas Sowell