CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Conservative,”
The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
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The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
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