A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.
A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.
A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.
A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.
A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.
No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.
Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.
When a conservative praises a liberal as 'morally serious,' he means that person is less liberal than most.
A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn't own.