Circles Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“If he had a reason for preferring Liberalism to the Conservatism of many in his set, it was not that he considered Liberalism more…

— Leo Tolstoy

He was a conservative all right, but invariably he gave the impression that he was a conservative because he was surrounded by liberals; that…

— Anonymous

A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.

— Lord Acton

To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real…

— Jane Austen

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

A liberal conservative is a man who thinks things ought to progress but would rather they remained as they are.

— James Fitzjames Stephen

Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.

— Sydney Pollack

A liberal is a man who wants to use his own ideas on things in preference to generations who he knows know more than…

— Will Rogers

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just…

— Peter Gay

The liberal tradition has its roots in the Enlightenment, that period in the eighteenth-century Europe when intellectuals and political leaders had a powerful sense…

— John Mearsheimer

“Towards the end of his life he became a Liberal of the type common in the forties and fifties.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't…

— Douglas Brinkley