"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.” ~Harry Truman..

[NRaleighLiberal]

and here are more great quotes that we all may find useful some day at some party or some traffic jam!



courtesy of Dark spud on Twitter. Enjoy!

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.” ~Woodrow Wilson

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.” ~Benjamin Disraeli

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling ‘Stop!’.” ~William F. Buckley, Jr.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.” ~John Stuart Mill

When a nation’s young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.” ~Henry Ward Beecher

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.”H. L. Mencken

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they’re dead.” ~Leo Rosten

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.” ~George Will

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.” ~Edward Kennedy

#Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.” ~William E. Gladstone

You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.” ~Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.” ~Walter J. Lippmann

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.” ~William E. Gladstone

[aquart]

1. "A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they’re dead.” ~Leo Rosten

I do like that one.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Someone -- probably not Truman himself -- stole that from Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

-- Mark Twain

[Vogon_Glory]

3. The Truman Quote Reminds Me Of...

The Truman quote reminds me of a little creep I had to deal with on another forum at another web-site. The little creep (euphemism) was left free by the absent board moderators to do just about whatever he wanted. I'm reminded of the time he claimed that H.L. Mencken, a noted thinking conservative was a (gay) because I quoted Mencken in response to one of his vicious, unthinking posts. I dared him to share his "insight" about Mencken his right-wing mentors at his school--not out of the goodness of my heart on my part, but so the little cherub could blow his chance to matriculate even to a middling-poor quality cow college in the back of beyond.

I hope he took my dare and followed through.

[hifiguy]

4. There's a beaut from John Kenneth Galbraith:

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of mankind's oldest exercises in moral philosophy, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

Harry Truman also had a great one about Nixon that is equally applicable to Rmoney:

"Richard Nixon is a no-good lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in."

[Odin2005]

5. Disraeli was a Tory, so was he calling HIMSELF a hypocrite???

Ironically, the UK Conservatives in the mid-1800s were the one's who supported social welfare, while the Liberals opposed it.