The Best Quotes About Being Liberal
"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
― Aristotle
I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, non-committed to a cause but examining each case on its merits. Being left of center is another thing; its a political position. I think most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if theyre not liberal, by my definition of it, then they can hardly be good newspapermen. If theyre preordained dogmatists for a cause, then they cant be very good journalists; that is, if they carry it into their journalism.
― Walter Cronkite, Interview with Ron Powers (Chicago Sun Times) for Playboy, 1973
If by a Liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a Liberal, then Im proud to say Im a Liberal.
― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
As mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
― President George Washington
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