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“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”

A stupid quote, and not true.

In 1984 when Perry was signing up to become a Democrat leader and the rest of Texas was supporting Reagan, Perry was 34 years old, he was not a kid, in 1988 when he was fighting for Gore he was 38, in 2008 when he was fighting for Giuliani, he was almost 60 years old.

[ngat]

“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”

I agree with your take on that hackneyed quote. If Churchill truly originated it, instead of just repeating it, I would have to say that it proves Churchill was as capable of expressing a shallow idea as well as a sagacious idea.

[sasquatch]

When you 'cut and paste' you might include one of the more pertinent parts of the reply.

Churchill, perhaps:

The 'perhaps' indicates uncertainty.