I'm very, very strong on energy independence, as you know…

Arnold Schwarzenegger said it best: "Your son is sick. Ninety-eight doctors give you one diagnosis, two doctors give you another. Who are you going…

— Thomas Friedman

I have the most conservative position.

— Donald Trump

I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of…

— Barack Obama

If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources,…

— Herman Cain

For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the…

— John Garamendi

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence…

— Judy Biggert

We should be bolstering American energy independence and American jobs - not making ourselves vulnerable by lining the pockets of foreign energy suppliers.

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Somehow, defending my liberal values of free speech, liberty, and rights of the individual has become a conservative position.

— Dave Rubin

The conservative position that all spending is evil obliterates any distinction between investment and consumption, between the long-term and the short-term.

— Jacob Weisberg

I don't regard myself as any kind of conservative, except conceivably neo, and that word, of course, is a ridiculous appellation, because it's used…

— Christopher Hitchens

“There are many American conservatives, including those influenced by the Roman Catholic tradition of natural law philosophy, who believe that, in the end, the…

— Roger Scruton

I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

I would say to people of a libertarian conservative position on an issue, do not do a taped interview. You're going to come out…

— Peter Schiff

One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior…

— Lyn Nofziger

I think you can be conservative and fight for what you believe in without being mean-spirited or bash people or be ugly about it.

— Mike Gallagher