“We're actually too early in the planning stages to say what's going there. My opinion in what I'd like to see there is education and marine environmental research tied in with nicely planned conservation communities.”

“We live in a very conservative culture here in Mauritius where often victims who are raped by family members are forced to keep silent, either because no-one will believe them or because they will be outcasts,”

“It's pretty scary actually. I predict a lot of systems are going to have to go on water conservation. A lot of people are going to have to stop washing cars and watering their lawns and that kind of thing.”

“We certainly have to develop energy conservation programs for households. For instance, if your household was to buy a new energy efficient furnace, our provincial government should pick up the GST on that purchase.”

“Even when she was at her wackiest, most eccentric and, I think fair to say, offensive, the entire party didn't wear her as the Conservative party sometimes wears the fellows at the fringes of the party,”

“The rediscovery of this bird is not only a great boost for Arkansas, but for our entire nation, because it allows us to realize that the effort and money put into conservation of our land and its many resources is paying off.”

Wouldn’t it have been better to conserve your strength and rest?” Ildiko mused after a moment. “I’ll sleep long and hard when I’m dead. You defy death by celebrating life.

“The plant closings and consolidation make sense to us and should be viewed favorably by investors. We suspect that management is once again being overly conservative in pushing the potential cost benefits out to 2008.”

“As the semiconductor industry struggles to maintain its profitability, energy conservation is a promising source of cost containment that also carries the important benefit of environmental protection. This is truly an important frontier that deserves further exploration.”

My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting.