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
does not go far enough; by "reactionary" one who won't go at all.
-- Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) speech NYC 29 Jan. 1911
Related:
- Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far
one can go.
T.S.... - A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Woodrow... - 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... - 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... - All movements go too far.
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Bertrand... - Pro: Children ask better questions than do adults. "May I have a cookie?"
"Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far more likely to
elicit a cheerful response than "Where's your manuscript?" "Why haven't you
called?" and "Who's your lawyer?"
Con:
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious...
