Beast Quote by Benjamin Tucker

If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.

— Josh Billings

When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal,…

— Emile Zola

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A Radical is a man with both feet firmly planted--in the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

— Robert Frost

“You can become radicalized in the sense that you come to believe, firmly, a position that is within the political mainstream—for example, that your…

— Cass R. Sunstein

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go…

— Woodrow Wilson

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The most radical political act there is is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is is to believe that, if…

— Colin Beavan

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

— Ariel Durant

A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command-of his head.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.

— Elisabeth Marbury