Jonathan Haidt Quotes

And, when it comes to politics, it can be awfully difficult to put your desires aside and to acknowledge that the world is a much messier place, where open-minded people might be conservative and liberals may well be conscientious.

Americans are probably more in line than ever before. We're more moderate than we are liberal or conservative.

I'm not someone who thinks Republicans are always wrong and Democrats are always right.

I would rather sit down with a Hollywood liberal any day than simply surround myself with fellow conservatives.

I'm a Democrat, but I'm really bipartisan - some people might say nonpartisan.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

Republicans aren't bad people. They've got some views that are legitimate... and I'd like to think they believe the same of me.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.

You can play golf with liberals, be neighbors with them, go out to dinner. I just don't want them in power.

I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes.

Conservatives are not our enemies. They are our neighbors.

I like to discuss things. I am open: I like to discuss with liberals better than I do with conservatives.

I view myself more as a traditionalist than a conservative. But I like the traditions, so I tend to try to keep them alive. But I'm open to any kind of political thought - I don't care - I have people that I don't agree with, and I have good friends I don't agree with, but for me personally, I'm more comfortable with the traditional stuff.

I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well.

I want to make sure that people understand that we know the difference between President Trump and the good-hearted people and the good-natured people of the United States. We know they're not one and the same.

I get along with the Democrats, but please - I'm not their hero.

I have a confession to make: I am a Labour parliamentary candidate but like and get on with some of the Conservative persuasion.

Not every Democratic idea is a good one; not every Republican idea is a bad one.

I hate conservatives, but I really hate liberals.

A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.

Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats love America.

While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.