Conservative Quotes · Page 40

Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.

— Jeff Sharlet

The conservative argument for marriage includes a recognition of the traditional value of marriage as a stabilizing force in society.

— Margaret Hoover

That level of expectation that I'm going to be conservative is really disappointing, but it is how many people think about clergy…

— Alan Green

I'm an intellectual Thatcherite, just as I was an intellectual Powellite, and I think it important that the Conservative party should be…

— Maurice Cowling

If liberals think they are losing elections because of the conservative bias in the media, they may as well give up right…

— Ann Coulter

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was…

— Chris Colfer

I have a confession to make: I am a Labour parliamentary candidate but like and get on with some of the Conservative…

— Chuka Umunna

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

— Benjamin Disraeli

The best slogan Conservatives have always used is 'One Nation.' You cannot have One Nation if British people who happen to have…

— Damian Green

In today's impoverished dialogue, critiques of liberalism are often naively called "conservative," as if twenty-five hundred years of Western intellectual tradition presented…

— Camille Paglia

The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics…

— Russell Kirk

I grew up in Baltimore, which is, you know, a city of extremes certainly, but my parents were very conservative. But they…

— John Waters

You hear about our conservative background and know that we're Christian guys, but we're not timid at all. I will take anyone…

— Tyler Joseph

[Criticizing as "appalingly complacent" a Conservative Government report that by the '60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course…

— Harold Wilson

There's an interesting question about the Republicans that are interested in Big Tech issues. Like, to what degree that's a response to…

— Lina Khan

I'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy,…

— Margaret Thatcher

“He was rather statedly conservative in his religious beliefs-entirely comfortable with established dogma and no friend of theological or philosophical innovation-but he…

— G.J. Meyer

“The enlightened conservative does not believe that the end or aim of life is competition, or success or enjoyment; or longevity; or…

— Russell Kirk

“Thus, the true conservative (as opposed to the greedy, irresponsible, self-serving wealth builder) would make a conscious choice to err on the…

— Joseph Befumo

I am not a Tory moderniser for I believe marriage can only be between a man and a woman. I shall not…

— Gerald Howarth

A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension,…

— Frank Mankiewicz

I took to writing as my medicine to help me stay afloat in acting career journey. I wrote about me breaking hearts,…

— Omari Hardwick

I think people are much more concerned about money now. There aren't the big advances of the past. You feel the sense…

— Sandra Cisneros

Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as…

— Bette Ford

Taking the left-right political spectrum, the public regards Tony Blair as being more or less dead centre and the Conservative party as…

— Damian Green

We are on the Colorado...that means something more to me than thoughts of electrical power or a harnessed river.

— Barry Goldwater

When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.

— John Bercow

We will counter the socialist movement of envy and confiscation with a conservative movement of access and opportunity.

— John E. James

In the public mind, an investment banker is no longer conservative; he's a risk taker, a gambler in high stakes, not to…

— Lionel Shriver

I grew up as a Muslim: it was quite a conservative upbringing; I didn't wear mini-skirts. But my mum and dad had…

— Konnie Huq

When you wage war on the public schools, you're attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You're not a conservative, you're…

— Garrison Keillor

I believe in a sound, strong environmental policy that protects the health of our people and a wise stewardship of our nation's…

— Ronald Reagan

It's always better to be conservative in action. One must always consider the dangers in the world.

— Frederick Lenz

Men ... are so conservative, so selfish, so boresome, and ... they are so ugly, and ... they are gullible, anybody can convince them.

— Gertrude Stein

I think the immigration thing has really stuck to Marco Rubio. He was on the wrong side of what's emerged as probably…

— Josh Barro

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance.

— David Mamet

We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.

— Barry Goldwater

The [Donald's] Trump war on the press continues. Tonight, the national cost of a conservative media bubble, now featuring alien conspiracy theories.…

— Chris Hayes

Being a conservative also used to involve the concept of people being free to do whatever they want to do, as long…

— Bill Maher

My friends have always known there was this more serious side to me, and all my life, I've had Conservative values.

— Esther McVey