“I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsAttitudeDoubtPositionBenefitsRelationAgreeAssumingConservativeColleaguesBenefit Of The DoubtFudge Author:Barack Obama
“I had severed relations with the Romanian exiles who had become politically conservative and even extremely right wing; I was giving chess lessons to earn a living. Luckily we spoke quite a bit of French at home so it wasn't too difficult for me to write in my adopted language.” GivingWritingHomeLanguageBitsDifficultLessonsRelationWingsConservativeChessSpokesAdoptedExileRight Wing Author:Dumitru Tepeneag
“I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help in this. As a Republican and a conservative, I can say ruefully that the Democrats and the liberals tend to get it; that when she said something, it was put in a nice way and highlighted properly by the appropriate media, so that it sounded good.” ThinkingWaySaidI CanHelpingNiceMediaPoliticianRepublicanRelationDemocratVery GoodConservativeAppropriateUsualPublic RelationsEleanor Author:William A. Rusher
“I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about the relation to liberty, we're talking about traditional conservatism - as opposed to today's conservatism, which no longer represents those views.” IfsThinkingIdeasTodayViewsTalkingLibertyWonderRightsRelationConservativeTraditionalConservatismInalienable Rights Author:Edward Snowden