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In the end, the difference between Conservatism and Liberalism seems to be this: the Conservative thinks of liberty as something to be preserved, the Liberal thinks of it as something to be enlarged.

Clinton Rossiter

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Clinton Rossiter
Age: 52 †
Born: 1917
Born: September 18
Died: 1970
Died: July 11
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Clinton Lawrence Rossiter III
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