Basic principles Quote by Friedrich August von Hayek

As a reformer the liberal is dissatisfied with things as they are because they violate his exceptionally tender conscience.... Liberalism does not advocate change…

— Ralph Barton Perry

Liberalism's fatal flaw,... is that it has no permanent norms, only a succession of enthusiasms espoused by minor prophets. Each of these seems like…

— Joseph Sobran

Liberalism has consequences. It has never worked, folks! It has never worked. And it has never fulfilled its promise.

— Rush Limbaugh

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

Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is a corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy and creates dissension. It…

— Mao Zedong

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

For liberalism is a delicate thing. It encompasses so much -- constitutional government, democratic elections, freedom of worship, civil rights, free trade -- that…

— Russell Shorto

Liberals don't believe that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. If they promoted that, there'd be no need for liberalism.

— Rush Limbaugh

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

If liberalism is to mean anything at all, it is duty bound to support without hesitation the dissenting individual over the group, the heretic…

— Maajid Nawaz

I would say that, unfortunately, the word liberal has been redefined over the last 30 years as if it is a bad thing. But…

— Janeane Garofalo

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