Rod Lurie Quotes

I'm not a reactionary.

In every society liberals are not very popular. Liberalism is not a populist movement.

Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.

I'm conservative on some issues, and I'm progressive on others.

I am certainly a liberal.

As for myself, 'total liberal outlook on life and politics' is not an accurate description.

I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. There are some issues I'm more conservative on.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

My parents are awesome, but they're pretty left-wing.

I would put myself towards left of center.

I do not believe that our place is at the comfortable mid-point between the extremes of left and right.

I don't like bigotry and intolerance, but they do exist and I don't think you're going to get them out by passing laws.

All Fundamentalists are conservatives, but not all conservatives are Fundamentalists. The best conservatives can often give lessons to the liberals in true liberality of spirit, but the Fundamentalist program is essentially illiberal and intolerant.

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

I do not consider a liberal necessarily to be a leftist.

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

I realized that liberals were actually the racists. Liberals were actually the trolls.

I still consider myself a liberal in the Enlightenment sense of the word. But I have to admit that being a liberal these days is confusing.

I don't view myself as marching to any right-wing drummer.

A good conservative is someone with an open mind.

Liberals allow right-wingers on their platforms to have a 'civilized discussion,' but there's no reasoning with racists. I don't want them to have a platform that humanizes them. I want to talk down to them and meet them exactly where they are, with absolutely no respect.

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.

My anti-liberal position should not be mistaken for conservatism.

Conservatism in general is bad, and it's racist and sexist.