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I'm not particularly politically correct, so I tend to reflect what I think are the terrible realities of life, which I think are, generally speaking, conservative.

Liberalism can only be defined negatively. It is a mere critique, not a living idea.

Politics has always been ugly to me, and yet I accept that as a fact of life.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

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.

People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.

I do not understand those who divide political life from the point of view of political parties.

But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.