“A liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn’t own”

“A liberal is a man (person) who will give away everything he doesn’t (they don’t) own” has been credited to Frank Dane (in the 1980s and in internet newsgroups since 2000) and to William F. Carling (since 2008). It is not clear who Frank Dane is or when the quotation was made.
 
   
Google Books
3,500 Good Quotes for Speakers
By Gerald F. Lieberman
Garden City, NY: Doubleday
1985, ©1983
Pg. 135:
“A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn’t own.”
Frank Dane
     
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Dr Fuji Kamikaze)
Date: 2000/01/01
Subject: Re: WHY SENATE DID NOT CONVICT (l)
 
“A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn’t own.”—Frank Dane
   
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From: “Unfrozen Caveman Politician Gore”


Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 13:51:57 -0400
Local: Wed, Apr 24 2002 11:51 am
Subject: THE FEDERALIST - “The chief danger which threatens the influence and honor of the press is the tendency of its liberty to degenerate into license.”
 
“A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn’t own.”—Frank Dane
       
The Forum at GOPUSA
KathrynSmith
03-05-2007, 10:25 PM
Re: Why do people hate Dick Cheney?
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“A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn’t own.” —Frank Dane
       
Southern Airboat Forum 
FrogNutz
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:50 pm
” A liberal is a person who will give away everything they don’t own.”
 
Democratic Underground
caduceus111
Mon Apr-14-08 09:34 PM
Help with wingnuttery email rebuttal
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A liberal is a person who will give away everything they don’t own.
     
NewsBusters.org
Drill now
June 24, 2008 - 12:39 ET by Chaitealover
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“A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn’t own.” —Frank Dane
 
Kevin McCarthy’s Dallas Digest
Jay Weaver
Posted: Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 05:10 am
“A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn’t own.”
     
topix (Paris, TX)
Softball Player
Oct 3, 2008
‘A Liberal is a person who will give away everything they don’t own’
- William F. Carling -
 
One Man’s Thoughts
A Liberal Is A Person Who Will Give Away Everything He Doesn’t Own
December 7, 2009