A liberal is a conservative who's been arrested. A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged.

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.

A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, and a libertarian is a conservative who's been indicted.

A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before.

It is one of the truisms of politics that a conservative is often enough a former liberal who has been 'mugged by reality.'

And that's too bad whether you're a liberal or conservative.