If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is one of the truisms of politics that a conservative is often enough a former liberal who has been 'mugged by reality.'
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.
Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.
There are no more liberals They've all been mugged.
There aren't any liberals left in New York. They've all been mugged by now.