I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the…

The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy. I don't think the Republican…

— Bret Stephens

“Thus, for the American Conservative, there is no difficulty in identifying the day's overriding political challenge: it is to preserve and extend freedom.”

— Barry M. Goldwater

I've got the conservative ideas for putting our country back on track.

— Elizabeth Emken

I have just as many liberal ideas as I have conservative ideas that I argue with myself sometimes.

— Bruce Willis

No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't argue for…

— Dennis Prager

One of the core pillars of the modern American conservative movement is its emphasis on personal responsibility.

— Margaret Hoover

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.

— Monica Crowley

I think the Republican party should be a broad party.

— Will Hurd

I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand…

— Bob Dole

If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform…

— Hillary Clinton

How about something more interesting? How about you come forward and say, [Donald] Trump supporters, I absolutely know what you think about the Republican…

— Bernie Sanders

The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face. Oftentimes they've…

— Barack Obama

Folks, let me ask you a question about that. You voted in 2010, 2014. You're part of the Tea Party and you show up…

— Rush Limbaugh

I do think that the Republican Party is in a crisis right now, a crisis of confidence about who we are.

— Jeff Flake

I think the Republican Party is... accurately defined as a party that looks out for the interests of the very wealthy.

— Bob Herbert