Claire Tomalin Quotes

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

Every single person is political. I am a Left-liberal and my politics is issue-based.

I'm liking my role as left-wing is my preferred position.

I am a bit of a lefty on some issues.

I just am a Democrat. I could never, never be a Republican.

I started out as a Democrat.

By the time of my ninth birthday, I had become a bit of a socialist, as I am said by conservative colleagues to be to this day. I went on within the next few years to volunteer as an envelope stuffer for the American Labor Party, and my political thinking has not shifted measurably since that time.

I've been a Democrat all my life.

I'm an independent, but I got to admit I lean Democratic.

If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican.

I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.

I'm a little bit to the left of things anyway.

I grew up in a household that was very left wing.

I do not represent the Republican Party.

I'm a Democrat, and I have strong reasons for being a Democrat.

On my conservative days I’m a Democrat.

I'm happy to be called a liberal.

My side, I am a liberal more than a Democrat.

My parents were Democrats, and I was a Democrat. And John Wayne was a Republican.

My dad grew up in southern California and was a raging liberal.

I don't know what Russell Moore's politics really are. I don't know if he is a closet liberal or if he is a conservative.

I don't like to define myself as necessarily conservative. What is it to be a conservative? What is it to be a Republican, even?

The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by those of Aristocrats and Democrats, Cote Droite and Cote Gauche, Ultras and Radicals, Serviles and Liberals. The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a Whig by nature.

People ask me what I am politically and I've previously offered this equation: I became a conservative by being around liberals. And I became a libertarian after being around conservatives.

Young people have traditionally skewed left through generation after generation after generation. Exceptions to that, of course. I am one. I never have been a liberal. I rebelled against my parents, but not that way. Never been a liberal. Constitutionally incapable of being a liberal. Who knows why.