Conservative Quotes
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What is considered 'conservative' and what is considered 'liberal' changes in any given era.
Rick Perlstein
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I'm not a conservative or a republican but I know that there's conservative republicans who I probably vigorously disagree with but I also am smart enough, or something enough, to understand that they really think that they're right, and they're looking at me like I'm crazy.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.
Tim Robbins
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Science is conservative and one of the reasons science is conservative is science is trying to play it safe.
Alva Noe
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When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.
Richard M. Nixon
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A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
Mort Sahl
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Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.
George Will
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In the days when I wasn't being taken seriously, I wore long skirts - very conservative. But now, I dress any way I want to.
Euzhan Palcy
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The conservative may clamor against reform, but he might as well clamor against the centrifugal force. He sighs for the "good old times,"--he might as well wish the oak back into the acorn.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.
Studs Terkel
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We've got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the world's greatest hope.
Rick Perry
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Gary Johnson and I have a good platform of having been fiscally conservative and we`re socially inclusive. And that`s different from both the other parties. The voters have a right to see that choice to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal. That doesn`t describe either of the other parties.
William Weld
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Although I am a strong political conservative, I now believe that the costs of our fruitless struggle against illegal drugs are not worth the modest benefits likely to be achieved.
Ernest Van den Haag
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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent you in the United States House of Representatives. Together, we will continue fighting to protect our Texas conservative values and the preservation of the America we know and love for future generations to come.
Mike Conaway
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I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.
Rick Perry
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I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools.
Tony Abbott
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Donald Trump and his Trumpeteers, well, they're not conservative enough.
Sarah Palin
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Conservative concepts believe in little government - take care of yourself, and that makes men who invent things like the constitution! Liberal thought has big government - we'll take care of you - and that creates boys and they create things like Occupy Wall Street! There's a difference between the way men and boys behave.
Brad Stine
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There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.
George Will
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When it comes to conservative social issues, it saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with them.
Rick Perry
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When people begin to talk about "our island story" my hackles rise. It is deluded and conservative.
Hilary Mantel
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When it comes to my daughter, I'm a conservative. But when it comes to your daughter, I'm a liberal!
Carlos Mencia
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I am an originalist, to begin with. So, I am a constitutional conservative. I believe that the Constitution enshrines some universal ideals that make our country strong and that are consistent with truth, and so that's the basic thing.
Evan McMullin
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I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.
Rupert Murdoch