Conservative Government

Famous quotes containing the words conservative government, conservative and/or government:

“A Conservative government is an organised hypocrisy.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

“A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest ... of his head.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

“Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)