I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals… G K Chesterton
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. William E. Gladstone
Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
My objection to Liberalism is this — that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind – namely, politics – of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. Benjamin Disraeli
Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy, and a pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order. Spiro T Agnew
(Answering the question: ‘What is Liberalism?’) I should say it means the acknowledgement in practical life of the truth that men are best governed who govern themselves; that the general sense of mankind, if left alone, will make for righteousness; that artificial privileges and restraints upon freedom, so far as they are not required in the interests of the community, are hurtful; and that the laws, while, of course, they cannot equalise conditions, can at least avoid aggravating inequalities, and ought to have for their object the securing to every man the best chance he can have of a good and useful life. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Liberal – a power worshipper without power. George Orwell