Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
2005 Update: In the United States, a recent convert to large government, federal supremacy, nation-building as foreign policy, protectionism and the regulation of personal behavior. A lifelong adherent to traditional principles.
A man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
ReplyDeleteFranklin D. Roosevelt
One who is too cowardly to fight & too fat to run.
A liberal who has just been mugged.
LOL!
Hah! You're taking over! Big improvement, too.
ReplyDeleteHow about: One who seeks to improve the future by caning the past?