Independent Conservative

Famous quotes containing the words independent and/or conservative:

    “A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.”
    —Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

    “The conservative assumes sickness as a necessity, and his social frame is a hospital, his total legislation is for the present distress, a universe in slippers and flannels, with bib and papspoon, swallowing pills and herb-tea.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)