--- title: "11 People Conservatives Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 People Conservatives quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best People Conservatives sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/gavin-mcinnes-4442_animal_my-goal-is-to-show-people-that-conservat_1986330.jpg" --- > [My goal is to show people that conservatives are funny. In fact, we're the rebels: we're 'Animal House.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-mcinnes/my-goal-is-to-show-people-that-conservatives-are-funny-in-fact-we-re/) [Gavin McInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-mcinnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/gavin-mcinnes-4442_animal_my-goal-is-to-show-people-that-conservat_1986330.jpg) > [Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid-but-most-stupid-people-are-2/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/john-stuart-mill-477_conservatives_conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid_1076549.png) > [After 2008, I told people that conservatives were going to be invisible for a while. But, with time, our ideas would be back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-sykes/after-2008-i-told-people-that-conservatives-were-going-to-be/) [Charlie Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-sykes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/charlie-sykes-9529_back_after-2008-i-told-people-that-conservati_1181174.jpg) > [Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/most-people-who-call-themselves-conservatives-can-t-explain-the/) [Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/dennis-prager-631_american_most-people-who-call-themselves-conserva_164609.jpg) > [All that Tim Kaine has is to try to convince people that conservatives are racist - and you know what, people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-stewart/all-that-tim-kaine-has-is-to-try-to-convince-people-that/) [Corey Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/corey-stewart-13476_conservatives_all-that-tim-kaine-has-is-to-try-to-conv_2719388.jpg) > [Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/be-these-people-either-conservatives-or-socialists-yellows-or-reds/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/karel-capek-8739_important_be-these-people-either-conservatives-or_1991594.jpg) > [ \[Among conservatives\] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'… After all, we conservatives are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kristol/among-conservatives-there-s-been-too-much-pseudo-populism-almost-too/) [William Kristol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kristol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/william-kristol-9091_attention_among-conservatives-there-s-been-too-muc_2254460.jpg) > [On my radio show at night, people will sometimes - conservatives will call and say, 'You know what, I'm really sorry I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-colmes/on-my-radio-show-at-night-people-will-sometimes-conservatives-will/) [Alan Colmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-colmes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/alan-colmes-12170_conservatives_on-my-radio-show-at-night-people-will-so_961548.jpg) > [There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-no-conservatives-in-the-united-states-the-united-states/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/noam-chomsky-42_believe_there-are-no-conservatives-in-the-united_1069043.jpg) > [Liberals believe government should take people's earnings to give to poor people. Conservatives disagree. They think government should confiscate people's earnings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/liberals-believe-government-should-take-people-s-earnings-to-give-to/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/walter-e-williams-2709_believe_liberals-believe-government-should-take_2976267.png) > [“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives... I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid-but-most-stupid-people-are/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/john-stuart-mill-477_altruism_conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid_345065.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-conservatives/#itemlist", "name": "People Conservatives Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My goal is to show people that conservatives are funny. 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And we play Brenda Lee and 'I'm Sorry' and ask them to sing along.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Colmes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-colmes/on-my-radio-show-at-night-people-will-sometimes-conservatives-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/alan-colmes-12170_conservatives_on-my-radio-show-at-night-people-will-so_961548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/alan-colmes-12170_conservatives_on-my-radio-show-at-night-people-will-so_961548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/alan-colmes-12170_conservatives_on-my-radio-show-at-night-people-will-so_961548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On my radio show at night, people will sometimes - conservatives will call and say, 'You know what, I'm…” — Alan Colmes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are no conservatives in the United States. 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There is so much dense, solid force in sheer stupidity, that any body of able men with that force pressing behind them may ensure victory in many a struggle, and many a victory the Conservative party has gained through that power.\" John Stuart Mill ( British philosopher, economist, and liberal member of Parliament for Westminster from 1865 to 68 )”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Stuart Mill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid-but-most-stupid-people-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/john-stuart-mill-477_altruism_conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid_345065.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/john-stuart-mill-477_altruism_conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid_345065.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/john-stuart-mill-477_altruism_conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid_345065.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives... 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