Cease Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

'Liberal' is a great word - from the root, 'liberty,' which means free.

— Alan Colmes

Long ago, there was a noble word, liberal, which derives from the word free. Now a strange thing happened to that word. A man…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, which means pertaining to a free man. In politics, to be liberal is to want to extend democracy…

— Gore Vidal

“Liberal" is one of those fine English words, like "lady" "gay" or "welfare" that have been spoiled by special pleading. So by "liberal I…

— Anonymous

We took the name 'Liberal' because we were determined to be a progressive party, willing to make experiments, in no sense reactionary but believing…

— Robert Menzies

There is no such thing as a liberal...There hasn't been for a long, long time. I never use the word and you shouldn't either…

— Alexander Beresford Hope

Well, I am not afraid of the word 'liberal.'

— Cynthia McKinney

If I, as a liberal, didn't speak out against those who would squelch the free speech of conservatives, I wouldn't deserve to call myself…

— Alan Colmes

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a…

— Leonard Bernstein

I'm a liberal. I'm confused when that became a bad word...

— George Clooney

The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which…

— Alan K. Simpson

What you perceive as "liberal" is my independence to choose what i do, with whom, and when. Moreover, it also means that i may…

— Ana Castillo