Conservative Quotes (757 Quotes)

The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

The Supreme Court is a space shield protecting Roe from the conservative federal officials that would overturn it in a second, ... If the new justice opposes abortion, the gamma rays could melt, and the shield would no longer be protective.

The problem, with the Conservative Party is that they are actually going backwards. They have now skipped a generation. At this rate the next leader will have to be exhumed' - after Michael Howard was made leader

Marvin Olasky, a conservative Christian writer who has been a strong Bush supporter, explained his sympathy for Miers. Maybe it's the judicial implications of her evangelical faith, unseen on the court in recent decades, ... Friends who know Miers well testify to her internal compass that includes a needle pointed toward Christ.

If Democrats are going to try to win a conservative or moderate district, but come across as a member of the anti-war movement, I'm not sure that's a good idea. On the other hand, if they have some criticism of the war, but are still willing to put on the uniform, I think that's fine.

Because we're guessing at some of this, the conservative approach seems to be wiser to me, ... If we screw up the other way, we'll dash our playoff hopes.

''Medved did not attend. He lives with his wife and three children in Seattle, where he hosts a conservative talk radio show. I had the invitation on my desk and couldn't decide. Eventually the date came and went, so I guess that was the answer, ... Saturday at 6 p. m. is the heart of the Sabbath. It just didn't seem like the right thing to do, and I didn't want to spend the weekend away from home and my kids.

We were not going to be able to get as many votes as we needed to get the Conservative Party line. It's better to bow out than to primary.

That sucks. It's not a surprise because it's a conservative town that likes its country. But we need some variety.

She is certainly a conservative conservationist. These two things are not incompatible.

Many of the conservative policies pursued by the (Justice) Department, such as the decisions not to seek (school) busing or hiring quotas ... have not been formalized in any way and could be instantly reversed when a new administration took office, ... It makes eminent sense to pursue legislation to guarantee that our policies cannot be easily undone.

The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.

You know, I'm a Republican, I'm a Conservative, I voted for George Bush.

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.

We usually speak at either liberal or moderate schools. Only once have we spoken at a conservative school, and this particular one was very conservative. John was anxious for how he would be received and I was glad to see that he was treated with great respect. I, however, spoke at the University of Wisconsin, Madison recently and was hissed at - hissed at, like vaudeville The situation also required a police escort to my car. That event however, was without John. If he had been there, the reaction would have been much better, I am sure.

I'm staying in the race and I expect to get the Conservative Party line,

I consulted Richard and said 'this is what I think we should do' and he said 'you are absolutely right', even though he is not really a Conservative supporter at all.

We've had a fairly conservative, yet well-thought out approach to this, ... But again,we'll just have to wait and see the actual impact.

Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.

Both teams were very conservative, particularly in the first half, ... I don't think it was by design, but we kept a lot of people back (on defense), and didn't really attack with numbers toward the goal.

The inaugural parade is like an extension of the president's personality, ... Dwight Eisenhower, for example. A conservative guy. A military man. Short and simple was what his inauguration parade was all about.

Although Bob was a Republican and a conservative, he took great pride in the regularity with which the committee under his leadership voted with unanimity, ... He could talk to everyone and would fairly consider issues, and further evidence of this is the frequency with which he was appointed to conference committees to resolve differences in legislation between the House and the Senate.

The president will try to reassure his base by telling them to watch what she does, to watch what she says, and that she will turn out to be a conservative.

Is he an agenda-driven ideologue who will impose his views on the American people or is he a mainstream, albeit conservative, mainstream jurist,

We are a conservative county, and Rick ought to know that.

HP and Compaq management has a conservative projection of 2.5 billion in cost savings. But every merger has failed not because the cost savings were not achieved but because the revenues collapsed,

Well, where do we get our paper Where do we get our toilet paper The best thing that you can do to help out is to be very conservative. Don't waste a lot of paper.

I looked at other places like Pasadena, but it's more conservative, more old style, European style over there, and there is more competition. I feel that the people who live in Santa Monica gravitate towards my style.

I think they wanted to trim off the fat and not the muscle. They probably were a little conservative.

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

A man who is not a liberal at sixteen has no heart a man who is not a conservative at sixty has no head.

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

His strategy in terms of moving toward the center and trying to satisfy the people who elected him in the first place is working. But in terms of his re-election, this is a very tricky path to walk. He needs to be careful not to alienate his conservative, Republican base.

I think it's management being overly conservative. Given that it is the seasonally weakest quarter, the last thing they want to do is disappoint. They want to beat again.

A conservative is someone who demands a square deal for the rich

If you're a conservative, the strongest argument for her is, 'Trust Bush he knows what he's doing.' I don't think that's a strong argument.

Apache -- I think you want to have some sort of exposure to energy, particularly going into the second half of the year. We're not going to have a winter like last winter, at least I don't think we will. And then some of the others, again, more conservative, but yet I think have upside potential,

Brooks clearly lines up on the conservative side, but like Safire, he's a libertarian conservative, not an evangelical Christian.

Just honest. To me, being 'politically incorrect' means the opposite of being political -- which means to spin everything. That's all it's ever meant to me. It's never meant liberal or conservative. It means honest.

It seems like every time we get into this first game, that I'm relatively conservative. We get a lead and we feel like, 'Let's run the ball well and complete the short pass and not give it back to them.' We've just got to be more aggressive and that's my job.

Something that is indisputable about Rick Perry is that he campaigns as a conservative Republican, and he governs as a conservative Republican.

We were all hearing from people in the know that this woman simply wasn't up to snuff. We were putting forth an argument that wasn't just punditry. We were reflecting deep discontent within the conservative movement. We played a part in changing the climate simply because of the megaphone we have.

So now they will probably be getting out the books, looking at a Conservative government coming in and seeing how the department fits with the platform objectives of the incoming party. They would have had briefing books in order and they'll be tailoring them now.

The concept was a good concept. We rapidly saw that Bob ... was trustworthy, (financially) conservative, not in it for a quick buck.

We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds.

She has been a forceful advocate of conservative legal principles and judicial restraint throughout her career.

I think a lot of people in the Conservative party came from other parties. There wouldn't be a Conservative party today if people hadn't come from other parties.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

America has a serious drug problem, he says, but it's not the manufacture and use of methamphetamines that is the serious problem. He manages a dig at conservative William Bennett, whom he refers to as the former national drug czar and gambler, ... Using drugs is wrong not simply because drugs create medical problems it is wrong because drugs destroy one's moral sense. People addicted to drugs neglect their duties.

That's a conservative estimate. It will likely be higher.