The Shadow of Saganami (Honorverse: Saganami Island, #1)

by David Weber

"Thereby confirming my lifelong suspicion—previously unvoiced, perhaps, but deep seated—that anyone who actually believes someone who claims to be a liberal suffers from terminal softheadedness."

actually a flaming liberal, by Spindle standards. She was genuinely committed to her own understanding of the good of all of her star system's citizens, although Medusa suspected she spent more time emoting over the poor then she did actually thinking about them.