A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Standing athwart ineffective, feel-good legislation shouting, 'Stop!' is seen as a betrayal of those struggling to get their footing on the lowest rung of the economic ladder. Yet raising the minimum wage hacks the lowest rungs off the ladder altogether. But economic logic doesn't wash with liberals who are intent on inflaming class warfare.
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.'
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.