Liberalism quotes

- David Gale: You don't subscribe to the idea that "a good state is the one that protects its most despised members"?
- Governor Hardin: It's a nice liberal idea. But, like most nice liberal ideas, naive.
Kevin Spacey - David Gale
Michael Crabtree - Governor Hardin

“There's no such thing as a liberal. A liberal is a commie with a college education thinking negro thoughts.”
Bill Smitrovich - Mr. Zimburger

“He had chaos and civil war and hatred between the races. Sometimes I go to the Lincoln room at the White House and just pray. But you know, liberals act like idealism belongs to them. That's not true. My family went Republican because Lincoln freed the slaves. My grandmother was an abolitionist, those Quakers who founded Whittier, my hometown......” (continue)(continue reading)

Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

“- Daniel: Telephones. What does he do exactly?
- Lauren: Exactly? He's the head of ICT. In Europe.
- Daniel: So. You're a capitalist.
- Lauren: My father's a capitalist. My own politics are more... radical than my parents'.
- Daniel: It's easy to be liberal when you're rich. I've seen it in films.”

Thelonious Bernard - Daniel
Diane Lane - Lauren

“You know what your problem is? You're a liberal.”
Michael Rapaport - Ronnie Gannon

- Jerilee Randall: "Sensitive and perceptive stories which vividly demonstrate the inadequacy of liberal values in the face of evil". What does that mean, Walter?
- Walter Thornton: It means your stories vividly demonstrate the inadequacy of liberal values in the face of evil!

Pia Zadora - Jerilee Randall
Lloyd Bochner - Walter Thornton