By "radical" I Understand One Who Goes Too Far; By "conservative" One Who Does Not Go Far Enough

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By "radical" I understand one who goes too far; by "conservative" one who
does not go far enough; by "reactionary" one who won't go at all.
-- Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) speech NYC 29 Jan. 1911

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -- T.S. Elio
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits. -- Woodrow Wilso
A conservative is one who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all-disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report.
... -- Woodrow Wilso...
O'Toole's Axiom: One child is not enough, but two children are far too many.
One child is not enough, but two children are far too many. -- O'Toole's Axiom
All movements go too far. -- Bertrand Russell
Pro: Children ask better questions than do adults. "May I have a cookie?
"Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?...

By "radical" I Understand One Who Goes Too Far; By "conservative" One Who Does Not Go Far Enough

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