“Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.”

“The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.”

“The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything”

“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.”

“Let the liberal turn to the course of action, the course of all radicals, and the amused look vanishes from the face of society as it snarls, “That’s radical!” Society has good reason to fear the radical. Every shaking advance of mankind toward equality and justice has come from the radical. He hits, he hurts, he is dangerous. Conservative interests know that while liberals are most adept at breaking their own necks with their tongues, radicals are most adept at breaking the necks of conservatives.”

“A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.”