Conservative Quote by Edward Abbey

“Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.”

— Edward Abbey

“One difficulty we face today is the fact that the Republicrat faction that portrays itself as ‘conservative’ is anything but. While the term ‘neoconservative’…

— Joseph Befumo

The neoconservatives of the 1970s, former liberals who became Nixon or Reagan backers, eventually accepted the 'neocon' description instead of calling themselves 'The Real…

— Ross Douthat

I am not a neoconservative.

— John Bolton

A neoconservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality. A neoliberal is a liberal who's been mugged by reality but has refused to…

— Irving Kristol

The establishment isn't new. The establishment not wanting outsiders, not wanting conservatives, isn't anything new.

— Rush Limbaugh

I don't recognize this new brand of Republicanism that's afoot now, which I consider to be very reactionary, not conservative in many respects.

— Hillary Clinton

I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.

— George P. Shultz

For the most part neoconservatives are people who were once liberals but sobered up. The neoliberal is one who has always been a liberal…

— Emmett Tyrrell

As someone who has spent much of my life identifying as a conservative, I can't stand what American conservatism has become.

— Max Boot

Neoconservatism is not what people think it is. It is not a party or a group. Many people popularly seen as neocons - Dick…

— Douglas Murray

The neoconservatives are a small circle, and they're all sort of holding hands as they develop their policy, and outsiders aren't allowed. If you…

— Seymour Hersh