Eric Alterman Quotes

I'm a liberal. I'm confused when that became a bad word...

Senator Brown and I have different philosophies as represented in our different ratings: I am a conservative, and he is a liberal.

I would say that, unfortunately, the word liberal has been redefined over the last 30 years as if it is a bad thing. But liberalism is a great American philosophy. Being a liberal is one of the best things you can be. I don't think they get a fair shake at all in the conservative mainstream media. So maybe there's some intimidation there.

[C]ontemporary liberalism stands on a foundation of assumptions and ideas integral to the larger fascist movement.

It is liberalism, whether people like it or not, which has animated all the years of my life. What on Earth did conservatism ever accomplish for our country?

I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values.

Bush is no conservative.

I am a liberal and always have been - just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be.

I have always considered myself of the reforming centre-left.

I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.

Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'

I've always thought the Right-wing were ones that were inflexible and intolerant, and now I'm coming to realize that the orthodoxy at NPR, it's representing the Left.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

If anything, I'm to the left of Obama.

I didn't suddenly become conservative. It was only the label that changed.

Conservatives have to be more than just Liberals who are good at math.

One criticism that I hear occassionally is that I am actually not a real liberal, and I am secretly a conservative. Or sometimes they will say I am the only thing worse than a conservative - a dreaded 'right-winger.'

I like to say now that the reason I'm conservative is because I used to be a liberal, and I learned a lot.

I think 'progressive' is different than 'liberal' - I know a lot of people use them interchangeably - but I think I'm far more progressive than I am liberal.

I have been a libertarian in my past but now I consider myself a classical liberal.

By definition, the moment one crosses from center to left, one accepts more government control of people's lives. Therefore, the further left society moves, the more there is government control over its citizens' lives. It is astonishing that this obvious fact is not universally acknowledged and that the Left has somehow successfully portrayed itself as preoccupied with personal liberty.

At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.

I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about the relation to liberty, we're talking about traditional conservatism - as opposed to today's conservatism, which no longer represents those views.

Liberalism has become a moral vaccine that immunizes people against stigmatization.

Liberalism is probably the root of most of the problems they face in life, including raising their kids, including educating their kids, practically every walk of life, because everything today's political.