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Franklin D. Roosevelt

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

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The quote suggests that a conservative person has the ability to move forward or embrace change but chooses not to do so. It implies that their resistance to progress is due to a lack of willingness or understanding, rather than an inability.

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