“Just honest. To me, being 'politically incorrect' means the opposite of being political -- which means to spin everything. That's all it's ever meant to me. It's never meant liberal or conservative. It means honest.” MeanPoliticalHonestOppositesConservative Author:Bill Maher
“I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that's state of the art?” KnowsMeanDoeArtStatesBodyKidsSchoolCuttingProgramIraqConservativeCompassionateRefugeWildlifeArmorArcticAfter SchoolDrillingAfter School Programs Author:John F. Kerry
“Conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation, and that our first and greatest task is to set our house in order and begin to live within our means.” FirstsMeanOrderHouseNationsResourcesTasksFundamentalsConservativeConservation Book:Presidential addresses and state papers Source: Presidential addresses and state papers
“Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names … Things are set up as contraries that are not even in the same category. Listen to me: the opposite of radical is superficial, the opposite of liberal is stingy; the opposite of conservative is destructive. Thus I will describe myself as a radical conservative liberal; but certain of the tainted red fish will swear that there can be no such fish as that. Beware of those who use words to mean their opposites. At the same time have pity on them, for usually this trick is their only stock in trade.” MenWayMeanUseCertainNamesRedOppositesTradeFishesConservativeContraryTricksPityRadicalDestructiveCategoriesSwearSuperficialDeceivedListen To MeMisuseTaintedStingyDescribe Myself Author:R. A. Lafferty
“The opposite of liberal is stingy. The opposite of radical is superficial. The opposite of conservative is destructive. So I declare that I am a radical conservative liberal. Beware of men who use words to mean their opposites.” MenMeanUseOppositesConservativeRadicalDestructiveSuperficialStingy Author:R. A. Lafferty