A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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After Conservatives Dinner Least Luxurious Men Most Vigorous

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American - Philosopher
May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused, when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think that, especially among conservatives, there's a clear understanding that there are three legs to the conservative stool. There are the free-market economics conservatives, the social conservatives, and the national-security conservatives.

John Bolton

I represent an emerging group of leaders within the Jewish community who are conservatives; not just fiscal conservatives, but social conservatives as well.

Adam Hasner

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Ted Olson

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Van Jones

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George Lakoff

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Fred Barnes

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Rush Limbaugh

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Dana Loesch

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Roger Stone

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Paul Weyrich

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William Kristol

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