Back and forth Quote by George Saunders

“set myself the task of starting with a blank sheet of paper and asking not what it means to be a “conservative” or a…

— Thomas L. Friedman

We've got to get back to old-fashioned politics that's in touch with the people we seek to represent and to avoid self-inflicted wounds.

— David Blunkett

We need a liberal agenda in which government resists the temptation to interfere in the lives of individuals but is equally determined to play…

— Charles Kennedy

So, it's important for us to acknowledge that we're prone to be conservative, and in turn surround ourselves with individuals who will help break…

— Shigeru Miyamoto

“Thus, for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the day's overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

By pumping up hyper-partisanship, our country (America) is playing with forces that can easily get out of control. We are giving purpose and cover…

— John Avlon

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight…

— James Harvey Robinson

We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side is up…

— Barack Obama

Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The fact of…

— John F. Kennedy

“We no longer have political movement. While thousands of us may come together for a rally or march, we are bound together on such…

— Tony Judt

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

— Christopher Lasch

I do think you can see, throughout American history, this temptation, and it's both a liberal and a conservative temptation, to take a healthy…

— Ross Douthat