Liberal

Famous quotes containing the word liberal:

“In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

“Pull out a Monte Cristo at a dinner party and the political liberal turns into the nicotine fascist.”
—Martyn Harris (b. 1952)

“If a liberal policy towards the late Rebels is adopted, the ultra Republicans are opposed to it; if the colored people are honored, the extremists of the other wing cry out against it. I suspect I am right in both cases.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)