J. B. Pritzker Quotes

I am proud to be a progressive.

I am a social liberal.

You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.

I am certainly a liberal.

I'm a wet liberal really, and always have been. But I'm sort of an aggressive wet liberal.

You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.

I'm a liberal - and I'm not running from that word!

I think if you listen to my album, you could probably gather that I am not the most gung-ho conservative-ideology-leaning person.

We want to have a conversation about what does it mean to be liberal in the 21st century and how do we go about creating that kind of a society.

For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

I'm fairly conservative on social issues, but not extremely conservative and not reactionary.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct.

No, I'm not politically correct. I never wanted to be, and I never will be.

I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.

I believe in all the qualities of being a liberal. I keep going back to all the great social events in our country's history, starting with the Salem witch trials, where the conservative view was that they're witches and should be burned at the stake, and the liberal view was there's no such thing as witches.

I'm a liberal. The "L" word! ... I love it. Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm a total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.

Part of the concept behind the magazine was breaking barriers. And it wasn't just a sexual thing. It was racial and doing the things that were right. And in the process, that set 'Playboy' apart.

As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.

I believe there are millions of people across the country who are crying out for someone to stand up for liberal values.

The progressive Left is sometimes very uncomfortable for staunch pro-Israel supporters, but what's very clear to me is that the progressive Left does not make Jews feel unsafe.

When you tolerate intolerance, you're not really being a liberal.

We have managed to make the celebration of diversity our mode of resistance.

I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.