Conservative Quotes

Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

The man of conservative temperament believes that a known good is not lightly to be surrendered for an unknown better.

I'm a conservative because I believe in peace - real peace, not just the peace of mind. I'm a conservative because we understand that real peace comes from the Marine Corps, not the Peace Corps.

The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?

I'm more conservative with make-up. My everyday look is a bit of concealer with lots and lots of mascara.

When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.

Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful.

Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is a prime conservative force.

We [he and his wife Trish Van Devere] don't talk politics. I'm an independent conservative; she's a radical Democrat. We never vote together.

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era.

A conservative frame of mind is very limiting for an actor, and a human being, too.

These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist.

Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it.

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.

I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a mustachioed hamster, it would have been elected.

Paradigms of Republican vs. Democrat or Conservative vs. Progressive have been designed for obfuscation and entertainment.

This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of the Conservative Party at this general election.

It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support.

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

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

What more do I need to say? Conservative books sell. I can't help it if liberal books don't sell.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know.

Bush is no conservative.

As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather.

A welfare state, properly conceived, can be an integral part of a conservative society.

As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

If we Americans are split into two meaningful camps, it is not conservative versus liberal. The two camps are the politically awake and the hypnotized.

If someone from the government tries to put his hands on your money... run away as fast as you can and tell the nearest conservative.

If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.

The meat in the sausage has got to be Conservative.

Everyone is a poet at 16, but how many are poets at 50? Generally, people seem to get more conservative as they age, but in my case, I seem to have gotten more radical.

If anybody comes up to you and says, My kid is a conservative - why is that? you say, Remember in the 60′s when we told you if you kept using drugs your kids would be mutants?

I am not a libertarian, and I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement.

Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act.

I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

Nixon was a conservative who’s way more liberal than his party can admit, and Obama’s a liberal who’s way more conservative than his party can admit.

Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, then liberalism, then it becomes moderated conservative, outmoded, and gone.

I'm more boring and more conservative.

It's great that we've got a compassionate conservative, but to me, that sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.

The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America.

Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.