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In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative.
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You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.
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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.


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Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!


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Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
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The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people.
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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.


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I distrust anything that you don't hear.


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Distrust and caution are the parents of security.


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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.


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Liberalism is Rationalism in politics.


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Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997.
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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.


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I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.


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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.


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Paul Ryan is the gold standard for conservatism.


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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.


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