A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment.
—Willis Player
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
Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.
—Unknown
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
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.
—Robert Anton Wilson