Conservative Quotes · Page 49

Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.

— Philip Yancey

A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.

— Gough Whitlam

I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than…

— Adam Rapp

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

— Eric Hoffer

I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be…

— Anton Chekhov

I'm an honest, hardworking conservative leader who will stand up to Washington and fight for Nebraska.

— Deb Fischer

You know, I grew up Catholic. My mom is very conservative. She's very Catholic. But she's also very open-minded, right?

— Michelle Buteau

My high school in Seattle, Lakeside, seemed conservative on the surface, but it was educationally progressive.

— Paul Allen

For me there is no conservative and liberal party, not one that is pro-economy or pro-workers, not one for the East and…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

The conservative has but little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware…

— John B. S. Haldane

The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously,…

— Mark Riebling

My parents voted conservative for as long as I could remember, so it was an easy decision when I registered at 18…

— Daniel Cameron

African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that…

— Herman Cain

It is not the conservative psyche that needs analysis. Conservatives were right in the Cold War --so right that liberals are pretending…

— David Limbaugh

“The conservative has little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware of…

— Anonymous

In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank…

— Ed Balls

Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet.

— Mara Liasson

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong…

— Ron Paul

I grew up in an Orthodox family, as I grew older, I became Conservative and that's how it ended up. But I've…

— Don Rickles

I did a lot of shopping for her in Tokyo because the colors here are very conservative. A shopaholic would have a…

— Sophie Kinsella

I am a very conservative journalist and prefer to write about what happened, and not what will happen.

— Amira Hass

Conservatives fight every seat in Great Britain because we are a national party and believe in giving every voter the chance to…

— Damian Green

I worry about Rick Perry. One, he's too conservative, Two, his debating skills. And three ... Oh crap, what was three?

— David Letterman

It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

— Sheila Kaye-Smith

A Conservative majority government will get Brexit done, so we can focus on making sure our education system sets our children up…

— Gavin Williamson

I was very politicized always. I was very conservative politically, because I'd seen what the communists did to my country.

— Taki Theodoracopulos

When people begin to talk about "our island story" my hackles rise. It is deluded and conservative.

— Hilary Mantel

There is simply no doubt in my mind that the Conservative party is not just riddled with Islamophobia, but institutionally Islamophobic.

— Humza Yousaf

Washington is a bubble, and there is nothing more powerful than the conservative grassroots when we are engaged and letting our voice…

— Ted Cruz

No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very…

— Meg Cabot

That's part of the problem, the overkill. And when they make it complicated, they make it expensive and so then you can…

— Michele Bachmann

Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.

— Margaret Thatcher

“They’re convinced that the more conservative you are the more orthodox you are. They’re more Catholic than the Pope.”

— Michael D. O'Brien

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

— David Miliband

Trump is not a conservative and has no conservative agenda. If elected president, he would not govern as the second coming of…

— Tom Tancredo

On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“If your idea disturbs a conservative man, hang onto it," I said to myself. "It will probably lead to important discoveries.”

— Fatema Mernissi

“Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat.”

— Frank Herbert

The idea of self-reliance is important to me, and that is echoed, in my way of thinking, by a conservative approach to…

— Kelsey Grammer

There's a good old boys' network out there that's hard to penetrate and it's not always in the best interest of the…

— Sarah Steelman