I'm still a conservative, you know, someone who believes in limited government and balanced budgets and the Constitution. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic. — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
“Like all who inherit the Lockean tradition, Mises believed that a strong but limited government, far from suffocating its citizens, allows them… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
The conservative movement was founded on core principles of liberty, individual freedom, limited government and building and promoting strong families. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If you're a limited government conservative, I feel your pain. Your man Mr. Bush has exploded the size of government, ballooned the… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
What the Tea Parties are standing for is constitutional principle. It's not fundamentally about tax rates or whether to have a consumption… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. By trying to seize far more power than is necessary over American citizens, the federal… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Good intentions will always be pleaded, for every assumption of power; but they cannot justify it ... It is hardly too strong… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land.… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
“Tea Party Patriots, Inc., as an organization, believes in Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government, and Free Markets. Tea Party Patriots, Inc. is… — Mark Meckler Copy Share Image
“Each party has a platform--a pre-fixed menu of beliefs making up its worldview. The candidate can choose one of the two platforms,… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Classical liberalism is the idea that individual freedom and limited government are the best way for humans to form a free society. — Dave Rubin Copy Share Image
The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and… — Donald James Copy Share Image
Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense. — Richard Scaife Copy Share Image
“Our Constitution is based on three fundamentals, which form the core of constitutionalism. They are: (1)A written Constitution (2)A chapter on fundamental… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
We Conservatives believe not in big, interventionist, centralized government. But in small and limited government, government as close to the people as… — Maxime Bernier Copy Share Image
Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship. — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The real future of America, the best future for ourselves and our children, is to go back in the direction of limited… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end. — Richard Allen Epstein Copy Share Image
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
Whenever there has been a debate on the national stage, nobody has had to go looking to find me. I've been there.… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
Our legislators are not sufficiently apprized of the rightful limits of their power; that their true office is to declare and enforce… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I believe in limited government and the right of the individual to make choices and in a strong national defense and in… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
The conservative values of limited government and freedom for all coincide with the movement for full freedom and equality for LGBT Americans. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it;… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
