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Liberalism Quotes

Debate and opinion drawn from arguments over liberalism.

These liberalism quotes present sharply differing views, from a claim that liberal opinions track distance from a problem to comparisons framing liberalism as a rival to Christianity. The tone throughout is argumentative rather than neutral.

Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.

Quotes by Whitney M. Young

Awards shows are being pushed to shed their genteel limousine liberalism and embrace the race-gender-sexual identity agenda in full.

Quotes by Ross Douthat

All right-wing antigovernment rage in America bears a racial component, because liberalism is understood, consciously or unconsciously, as the ideology that steals from hard-working, taxpaying whites and gives the spoils to indolent, grasping blacks.

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

Harvey Weinstein does not personify American liberalism any more than Bill O'Reilly personifies American conservatism.

Quotes by Richard Cohen

America Quotes

Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, then liberalism, then it becomes moderated conservative, outmoded, and gone.

Quotes by Powell Clayton

The chief modern rival of Christianity is 'liberalism'... at every point, the two movements are in direct opposition.

Quotes by John Gresham Machen

Reagan refused to demonize his foes. Instead he charmed them, with a few exceptions, including Tip O'Neill, the Democratic Speaker of the House and the embodiment of the liberalism Reagan sought to reverse.

Quotes by H. W. Brands

Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown.

Quotes by Francis Parker Yockey

Liberalism is Rationalism in politics.

Quotes by Francis Parker Yockey

American Quotes

The purest expression of the doctrine of Liberalism was probably that of Benjamin Constant.

Quotes by Francis Parker Yockey

Liberalism can only be defined negatively. It is a mere critique, not a living idea.

Quotes by Francis Parker Yockey

Conserving the individual is the basis of conservatism. It is classical, de Tocqueville liberalism.

Quotes by Dana Loesch

Liberalism is a cancer; it's a forest fire; it destroys every single thing it touches.

Quotes by Dan Bongino

Liberalism is financed by the dividends from Conservatism.

Quotes by Craig Bruce

Because Quotes

We are all living in a world shaped by Reagan and his ideology of small 'l' liberalism.

Quotes by Chrystia Freeland

My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.

Quotes by Camille Paglia

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Aristotle

When the forces of liberalism and capitalism converge, change happens.

Quotes by Andy Dunn

In India, it is not a contradiction for religion and liberalism to co-exist.

Quotes by Amish Tripathi

Being Quotes

I am a Peronist. I am growing the branches of progressive Peronist liberalism.

Quotes by Alberto Fernandez

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Liberalism quotes discuss?
They collect strongly worded opinions on liberalism as a political and cultural force, including comparisons to religion and criticism of how the term is used in modern debates.
Why do people search for liberalism quotes?
Readers researching political rhetoric often want to see how the term liberalism gets framed by different speakers, whether critically or descriptively.
Is there a quote comparing liberalism to a specific stance on a problem?
Yes, one quote claims that liberal opinion tends to track how far removed a person is from the problem itself, suggesting distance shapes political sympathy.
Does any quote compare liberalism to religion?
Yes, one quote calls liberalism the "chief modern rival of Christianity," framing the two as opposed movements at nearly every point.
Is there a quote tying liberalism to awards shows or entertainment culture?
Yes, one quote criticizes awards shows for shedding what it calls genteel limousine liberalism in favor of identity-focused messaging, using the term critically.

Several entries connect liberalism to current cultural debates, including awards shows and identity politics, reflecting how the term gets used in ongoing disputes. See Because quotes for more reasoned arguments.