Conservative Quotes (757 Quotes)


    I do think there is a conservative gloss on American culture at this point in time, and you are in a red state. The conservative plant churches are adopting contemporary worship forms that resonate with people, as opposed to 250-year-old buildings and 150-year-old hymn books.



    The Taft name has always meant men who are conservative, even stodgy, but always ethical. These investigations are a blow to the magic of the great family name.

    We're very happy and very delighted. We don't anticipate there will be any difficulties. We think it will be a positive result by the Conservative government.


    The people I am afraid of are the ones who look for tendentiousness between the lines and are determined to see me as either liberal or conservative. I am neither liberal, nor conservative, nor gradualist, nor monk, nor indifferentist. I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.



    I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.



    You know, I've often thought if I were much older, I might not have done that, ... As you get older, you get more conservative, but I was still young enough to be a little bit impulsive. What got me was the hypocrisy.


    His talent speaks for itself. We've got to step up our 'A' game and keep him from getting loose. You have to change the way you rush the passer because he can break contain if you give him any kind of space. We've got to attack and tackle full speed you can't be conservative.

    Certainly I feel like I'm the tip of the arrow at times because certainly the national media wants to talk about the fact that I'm a black Republican and some people think of that as zany that a black person would be a conservative but to me what is zany is any person black, white, red, brown or yellow not being a conservative.

    But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade



    Both great coaches. Bruce was linked with Marv (Levy), who was very conservative. We had fakes, but it was only in desperation or at the perfect time to run them. Bobby rolls the dice a little more and I like that. I think it has its place.



    We're comfortable financially, so it wasn't a financial issue that I voted Conservative. Basically, it was for the same reason we voted for Diefenbaker. First it was Mackenzie King, then St. Laurent -- Christ, the Liberals were in something like 20 years in a row (22 actually) --and we simply needed a change. It was getting like a dictatorship. Whether elected or not, that's not good for the country. I didn't go to war for a dictatorship.

    My guess is he's going to stay away from anointing candidates, having been burned once. He's not stupid. If he wants to run for the center, he can't embrace a set of candidates against the conservative wing or one that comes from the conservative wing. That's politically dicey whichever way he goes.

    Suddenly, about the Bushes, it all becomes clear. The whole family is under the baleful influence of a chap called Chang. Here is Governor Jeb Bush in a speech last week, naming Marco Rubio as Florida Speaker. Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society. I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down. ... Should I unleash Chang



    Yes, national security, that's all fine. But there's over 11 million here now, and they are not terrorists, so what do we do with them I think we have to take away the extremes, the liberal and the conservative views, and get something done that we can realistically enforce.

    We estimate there are around 230,000 species down there and we want all of those documented by the end of the census in 2010. But that's a conservative estimate. We could well find a million new species by then.

    Because Support.com is in the application market space, I thought people would be more conservative. This is a nice signal for traditional Internet deals currently in registration.


    These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.

    Wal-Mart's management is rather conservative, but it sounds upbeat about the future. I'm very confident that if the economy improves, the company could surpass its own guidance for the rest of the year.


    Whereas 50 years ago there was an assumption that most people who were in business were conservative, that is not an assumption that people would make anymore. No longer will you find, for instance, a Democratic president having the problem that Kennedy had in 1960 finding a name-brand Democratic businessman for his cabinet.

    We think this (the joke release) is typical of Beers' campaign, which is geared toward misleading the public. Bob Beers claims to be a holier-than-thou fiscal conservative, but as a legislator, he created the government spending he's complaining about.


    George Bush is a conservative and most conservatives like him and support him. But most conservatives, at one level or another, are troubled by much of what they see going on in our government.

    It looks political to me. It runs counter to his whole past behavior. He's got to appeal to the conservative base of the party, because I don't think there is a Republican in the land who can get the nomination voting against the tax cuts.

    Rehnquist's death is unlikely to make a lot of difference in the court, ... But over the long term, by replacing Rehnquist with another conservative, you lock in the court for 20 years.



    In my old age I have become somewhat conservative, ... But we will probably have a more mediocre performance because of the multi-manager structure, because to some extent managers can cancel each other out.


    Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

    We congratulate the Conservative Party and Stephen Harper on their victory. The United States and Canada have a strong and bilateral relationship, and we look forward to strengthening our relations and working with the new government.

    I was very pleased with our defensive performance in the second half. I realize they were conservative, but I was really pleased with our run defense the entire game, especially with us being outsized.

    There are shared views (between Harper and Bush) that could help resolve some issues. It's probably the area that would be the most directly and immediately affected by a Conservative Party victory.

    It's indicative of Cincinnati. We're conservative, but we are closeted fanatics. It gives us a reason to escape 364 days a year I'm a normal human being and businessperson with the straight and narrow life. One night you go nuts and escape. Musically it hooks you.





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