Jonathan Haidt Quotes

In actual fact, I have always been a conservative cross, borne sadly by liberal friends.

One of the things about New York City is obviously it's a very liberal place but there are plenty of conservatives that don't feel particularly well represented by Chuck Schumer or Kirsten Gillibrand.

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do.

I was brought up and raised in Britain as a Labour man, and that quickly changed. And I find there are more working-class people in the Conservative Party than the Labour party.

My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.

I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.

There's an assumption if you have any faith you vote this way, you vote that way, or you're this, or you're absolutely a conservative, and those just aren't all true.

Like Jon Voight, Pat Boone, Kelsey Grammer, and Gary Sinise, Clint Howard is one of the few courageous enough to identify himself publicly as a conservative.

I consider myself a right-winger and Gray was certainly one.

It's been quite an experience, being conservative and living in the North East.

Obviously, all of us have been influenced by those around us.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks I probably wouldn't like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions.

I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings.

If you have a personality predisposed to liberalism, you might gravitate more to the artsy crowd or the anti-establishment crowd. And then those peers will affect you, and they will give you values, and you will copy them.

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately. As children, we tend to copy our parents.

I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration.

It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people and is a Tory [conservative] by nature. The healthy, strong and bold, cherishes them, and is formed a Whig [liberal] by nature.

Liberals ... enjoy the company of other liberals, just as conservatives enjoy the company of other conservatives.

I guess blustery liberal Republicans flock together.

I have never knowingly dated a Republican.

If we look conservative, it's because the other guys are so far to the left.