I love the idea of a left conservative because it gets rid of political cant. We're stifling in it. One of the diseases of the right is self-righteousness. I do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation.
One of the diseases of the left is political correctness. If you're out of power for too long, then you just get worse and worse about how important your own ideas are.


TIME interview (1991)


I love the idea of a left conservative because it gets rid of political cant. We're stifling in it. One of the diseases of the right is...

I love the idea of a left conservative because it gets rid of political cant. We're stifling in it. One of the diseases of the right is...

I love the idea of a left conservative because it gets rid of political cant. We're stifling in it. One of the diseases of the right is...

I love the idea of a left conservative because it gets rid of political cant. We're stifling in it. One of the diseases of the right is...