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I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'

I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.

You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.

I'm one extreme or the other. I'm not good at doing moderation.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.