re: #152 HappyWarrior

There’s a great FDR quote on what separates a liberal from a conservative. Conservatives have the ability to look forward but choose not to.

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted — in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest — at the command — of his head.

Radio Address to the New York Herald Tribune Forum (26 October 1939)