“Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don’t know what they are conserving.”– Robertson Davies Related Quotes “In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.”– Charles de Gaulle “Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish.”– Mitch McConnell “If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.”– Winston Churchill