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"A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth."
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"Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era."

"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."

"I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court."

"I'm a very straight-laced, conservative news kind of guy."

"I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington."

"I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media."

"Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others."
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"The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind."

"Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap."

"In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years."

"Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions."

"Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole."
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