Top Reactionary Quotes
By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.
Woodrow Wilson
We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.
Kim Jong Il
Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.
Robert Conquest
A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.
Alexander Mackenzie
Jack Schwartz 
Janos Kadar 
William F. Buckley, Jr. 
Mikhail Bakunin 
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Trofim Lysenko 
Bruce Davison All Reactionary Quotes
By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.
Woodrow Wilson 
76% of people like this quote
We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.
Kim Jong Il
75% of people like this quote
Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.
Robert Conquest
59% of people like this quote
A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
56% of people like this quote
I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.
Alexander Mackenzie
55% of people like this quote
Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.
Anton Rubinstein
54% of people like this quote
It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote no on 74, no on 75, no on 76, no on 77. Those are the issues that Arnold pushing. And those are reactionary, Republican initiatives.
Warren Beatty
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When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.
Elizabeth Joan Smith
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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
Andre Maurois
52% of people like this quote
Popular Reactionary Authors
Martin Luther King, Jr.Theodore RooseveltFranklin D. RooseveltWoodrow WilsonMikhail BakuninHenry Cabot LodgeAndre MauroisWarren BeattyWilliam F. Buckley, Jr.Jack SchwartzTom MetzgerAneurin Bevan
Alexander HaigTrofim LysenkoLion FeuchtwangerBruce DavisonKim Jong IlJanos KadarElizabeth Joan SmithAlexander MackenzieFriedrich EbertRobert ConquestAnton Rubinstein
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