One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during.

A neoconservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality. A neoliberal is a liberal who's been mugged by reality but has refused to press charges.

...only liberal organizations are clearly designated [in the press] as "nonpatisan, nonprofit." Non-liberal research organizations are always identified as "right-wing" or "conservative."

Neocons do not feel that kind of alarm or anxiety about the growth of the state in the past century, seeing it as natural, indeed inevitable ... People have always preferred strong government to weak government, although they certainly have no liking for anything that smacks of overly intrusive government.

Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful.

A welfare state, properly conceived, can be an integral part of a conservative society.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.