It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

—Robert Anton Wilson

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About Robert Anton Wilson

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Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American writer, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews. In 1999 he described his work as an...

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The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.

—Robert Anton Wilson

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner.

—Robert Anton Wilson

We say, "Seeing is believing," but actually… we are all much better at believing than at seeing. In fact, we are seeing what we believe nearly all the time and only occasionally seeing what we can't believe.

—Robert Anton Wilson

Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.

—Robert Anton Wilson

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Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt… Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

—Robert Anton Wilson

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We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

—Lionel Trilling

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Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.

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Conservatives have historically seen people falling through the cracks in society and said, That's the way things work, survival of the fittest. Liberals see people falling through the cracks and say, We've got to do something about those people falling through the cracks, so we need a strong government that can provide programs and assist those people. Populists say there shouldn't be any cracks; let's fix them.

—Jim Hightower

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A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment.

—Willis Player

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