Conservative Quotes - Page 22

• Voters never have to question where I stand - my principles or priorities. I am a pro-freedom, pro-America and pro-life conservative.

  Tim Walberg

  America, Pro Life, Priorities

  "Walberg, Rooney clash over abortion" by Alex Isenstadt, www.politico.com. May 17, 2010.

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• Republicans have been fleeced and exploited and lied to by a conservative entertainment complex.

  David Frum

  Entertainment, Republican, Lied

  "Frum: Conservatives fleeced and ‘lied to by conservative entertainment complex’" by Drew Katchen, www.msnbc.com. November 09, 2012.

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• Even if I am being conservative, I don't see how Obama can lose.

  Allan Lichtman

  Ifs, Loses

  "Obama Can't Lose? Allan Lichtman Is Never Wrong, Except This Time" by Russell Halley, www.businessinsider.com. September 5, 2011.

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• If you hear some bad collectivistic notions, chances are that they came
  from [modern] liberals. But if you hear or read something outrageously,
  god-awfully collectivistic, you may be sure that the author is a conservative.

  Isabel Paterson

  May, Chance, Modern

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• Before I ran for District Attorney, two Republicans invited my husband and me to lunch. And I knew a party-switch was exactly what they wanted. So, I told Chuck, we'll be polite, enjoy a free lunch and then say goodbye. But we talked about issues - they never used the words Republican, or Democrat, conservative or liberal. We talked about many issues, like welfare - is it a way of life, or a hand-up? Talked about the size of government - how much should it tax families and small businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, "I'll be damned, we're Republicans."

  Susana Martinez

  Goodbye, Husband, Party

  Susana Martinez's speech at the Republican National Convention, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• For me, I think being a conservative means you are focused on all four key principles: strong defense, lower taxes, less spending, and defending traditional American values.

  Jim Jordan

  Strong, Mean, Thinking

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• ...only liberal organizations are clearly designated [in the press] as "nonpatisan, nonprofit." Non-liberal research organizations are always identified as "right-wing" or "conservative."

  Irving Kristol

  Wings, Organization, Research

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• The clothes do not match my personality. I'm more of a very conservative, blue-blazer kind of guy. But as far as my personality, it's a lot of hot-dog mustard - have a lot of a fun and a lot of excitement. I feel like I'm 68; I act like I'm 12, talking about a game of basketball.

  Dick Vitale

  Basketball, Dog, Fun

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• Being a conservative also used to involve the concept of people being free to do whatever they want to do, as long as it doesn't hurt somebody else. Conservatives used to be very libertarian.

  Bill Maher

  Hurt, Long, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My line is probably a little more conservative than some of my compatriots in the business. But again, I think it's all - like, it just - it comes down to me knowing who I am and knowing how I want to be seen in the world, how I want to discuss things.

  John Legend

  Thinking, Who I Am, Knowing

  "John Legend On Marriage, Music And 'Genius' Kanye West". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 31, 2013.

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• People have had certain ­assumptions in the past about ­Conservative governments, partly because of some of the things that happened in the 1980s, and partly because of the tone of some of the debate in the 1980s that appeared to say public spending on the arts was something you might want to progressively ­reduce.

  Jeremy Hunt

  Art, Past, Government

  "Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt: 'It is going to be tough'". Interview with Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.

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• Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying on it to achieve your objectives causes the same kind of chaos in foreign policy that it does in matters closer to home.

  Alan Wolfe

  Home, Government, Iraq

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• It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

  Yahoo Serious

  Creative, Infinite, Universe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.

  Zach Wamp

  Country, Independent, Issues

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• Given currency by Jrgen Habermas in the late l980s, 'constitutional patriotism' has emerged as an appealing principle for post-national political allegiance. Jan-Werner Mller traces the long postwar history of the concept, takes honest account of the conservative critiques it has provoked, but proposes that it can serve as a robust norm for European Union citizenship. This is a profound meditation with real importance for contemporary political society.

  Charles S. Maier

  Real, Long, Profound

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• The old structure of the West as a synthesis of classical culture, Christianity, and the impulses of peoples entering history for the Žfirst time has broken down. A new unity, however, has not yet emerged. We stand in this transitional period, this ‘interregnum’ which leaves its mark on every spiritual activity. The Conservative Revolution is conditioned by it, and at the same time sees itself as an attempt to overcome it.

  Armin Mohler

  Spiritual, Broken, Unity

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• The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue.

  Tim Yeo

  Change, Years, Issues

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• Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generation’s level of knowledge and sense of values.

  Leon Botstein

  Generations, Levels, Definitions

  Leon Botstein (1997). “Jefferson's Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture”

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• A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.

  James Madison

  Military, Long, Liberty

  James Madison (1787). “The Writings of James Madison: 1787. The journal of the Constitutional convention”, p.317

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• I would never speculate on the limit. Every time you speculate, you're way too conservative

  John Warnock

  Way, Limits

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• A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and revolutionaries who revive old doctrines, while their conservative and reactionary opponents are the inventors of new ones.

  Alasdair MacIntyre

  Political, Doctrine, World

  Alasdair MacIntyre (2003). “A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century”, p.162, Routledge

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• In order to change the direction of this country, we need to change presidents. Americans need a conservative businessman to get this economy moving again, not career politicians. That is why I am running. Next week, I will lay out my specific plan to put America back to work.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, Country, Moving

  "Politicians React To The Awful August Jobs Numbers" by Zeke Miller, businessinsider.com. September 2, 2011.

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• It's in the nature of stock markets to go way down from time to time. There's no system to avoid bad markets. You can't do it unless you try to time the market, which is a seriously dumb thing to do. Conservative investing with steady savings without expecting miracles is the way to go.

  Charlie Munger

  Miracle, Dumb, Trying

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• If you want to make a Conservative angry, tell him a lie. If you want to make a Liberal angry, tell him the truth.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Lying, Want, Angry

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• The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics as a revolutionary instrument for transforming society and even transforming human nature. In his march toward Utopia, the ideologue is merciless.

  Russell Kirk

  Thinking, Order, Justice

  Russell Kirk (2014). “The Politics of Prudence”, p.21, Open Road Media

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