The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical
invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts
them.
-- Mark Twain
invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts
them.
-- Mark Twain
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- The radical of one century is the conservative of the next.
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Robert Frost (1875... - Label all conservative Christians "radical right."
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Liberal Rule... - The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who
proposes it.
Will and Ariel... - Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too
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let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his
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Eric... - The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly
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the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take...
