"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label 'liberal'? If by a 'liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs if that is what they mean by a 'liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'liberal.' " --- Former President John Fitzgerald Kennedy