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Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to a Liberal, who wants to replace them with others.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Clever Jabs
Politics is the art of the possible.
Otto von Bismarck1815–1898Interview (11 August 1867) with Friedrich Meyer von Waldeck of the St. Petersburgische Zeitung: Aus den Erinnerungen eines russischen Publicisten. 2. Ein Stündchen beim Kanzler des norddeutschen Bundes. In: Die Gartenlaube (1876) p. 858 de.wikisource
Politics is not an exact science.
Otto von Bismarck1815–1898Speech to Prussian upper house (18 December 1863)
The women of this Nation still retain the liberty to control their destinies. But the signs are evident and very ominous, and a chill wind blows.
Harry Blackmun1908–1999Concurrence/Dissent in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989), at 538 and 560.
- Abortion
I fear for the future. I fear for the liberty and equality of the millions of women who have lived and come of age in the 16 years since Roe was decided.
Harry Blackmun1908–1999Concurrence/Dissent in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989), at 538 and 560.
- Abortion
- Women
Thus far, the reputed idiot Bush has graduated from Yale and Harvard, made a stack of cash in the oil industry, become the first consecutive-term governor of Texas, defeated a dual-term VP for the presidency, and led his party to [November 5th’s] extraordinary triumphs. Let his opponents keep calling him stupid; if they do, within five years Bush will be King of England, the Pope, and world Formula One motor racing champion.
Tim Blairborn 1965
- Clever Jabs
The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 141
- Christianity
- Good & Evil
Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.
Jorge Luis Borges1899–1986Statement to the Argentine Society of Letters (c.1946)
- Government
What belongs together, is growing together again.
Willy Brandt1913–1992Radio interview in Berlin (10 November 1989), the day after the Wall opened
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
William Jennings Bryan1860–1925Cross of Gold (1896)
- Money
It is only a dying cause which can attain to perfect taste.
John Buchan1875–1940A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906), Ch. III, p. 83
If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.
Art Buchwald1925–2007International Herald Tribune (24 May 1989).
- Power
We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority,
let alone for the individual, to face that majority down.
William F. Buckley Jr.1925–2008The Jeweler’s Eye, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1968) p. 68
It’s class warfare. My class is winning, but they shouldn’t be.
Warren Buffettborn 1930Interview with Lou Dobbs on CNN (25 May 2005)
- Economics
- Money
When the People have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873Alice, or The Mysteries (1838), Book VI, Chapter V