Conservative Quotes - Page 14

• Being a conservative union member is almost like being an actor in Hollywood: You don't dare say it, or you might be injured on the job, or you might be laid off, or your family might have something happen to them.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Jobs, Hollywood, Actors

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• The media has been trying to protect Obama. The media has been trying to shield Obama. Several in the Republican establishment in the so-called conservative media have even been trying to shield Obama.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Media, Trying, Shields

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• God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.

  Max Lucado

  Elephants, Ears, Donkey

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• I was brought up and raised in Britain as a Labour man, and that quickly changed. And I find there are more working-class people in the Conservative Party than the Labour party.

  John Lydon

  Party, Men, Class

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• I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

  John Major

  Different, Prime, Ministers

  "John Major: The old man and me". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2012.

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• During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames.

  Michelle Malkin

  Summer, Flames, Obamacare

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

  David Mamet

  Gay, Acceptance, Pretending

  "David Mamet On ‘The Colbert Report’: ‘Theater Is Always Dying,’ ‘Directors Are Mostly Useless’", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2010.

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• It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.

  Theresa May

  Party, Eye, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But I came from a conservative Republican background.

  Christopher Meloni

  Surfing, Republican, Backgrounds

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• John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the Con into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the VAT into Conservative!

  David Miliband

  Vat, Cameron, Majors

  "David Miliband: 'You've punished us enough about Iraq'". Interview with Patrick Wintour, Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2010.

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• The Conservative Party is a religion in that they are bound together by belief. Almost any organization has its religious aspects.

  Alan Moore

  Religious, Party, Organization

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. October 24, 2001.

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• I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.

  Michael Moore

  Lifestyle, Persons

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• I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?

  Chuck Norris

  Hollywood, Very Good, Politically Correct

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a political conservative.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Political

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “The CEO of the Sofa”, p.190, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

  George Osborne

  Party, Hard Work, People

  "George Osborne: austerity may last until 2018" by Hélène Mulholland,, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2012.

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• The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855.

  George Osborne

  Party, Men, Benches

  "More Blairite than Tony" by Heather Stewart, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2005.

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• I am a conservative Republican, a firm believer in free market capitalism. A free market system allows all parties to compete, which ensures the best and most competitive project emerges, and ensures a fair, democratic process.

  Sarah Palin

  Party, Republican, Projects

  "Where does Palin stand?". www.sbs.com.au. August 23, 2013.

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• The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.

  Mike Pence

  Strong, Government, Uncharted Waters

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.

  Mike Pence

  Government, Allies, Principles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.

  Rick Perry

  Dream, Proud, Today

  "The Deep Shame of Vancouver" by David Warren, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 19, 2011.

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• Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans.

  Rick Perry

  Pride, Effort, Moral

  "The Crucial Vote on New York's Same-Sex Marriage; GOP Field Grows Again; Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban". transcripts.cnn.com. June 20, 2011.

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• I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.

  Rick Perry

  Heart, Movement, Newts

  "Perry drops out, endorses Gingrich" by Peter Hamby, www.cnn.com. January 19, 2012.

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• We've got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the world's greatest hope.

  Rick Perry

  Moving, Reality, Wind

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• The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.

  John Podhoretz

  Tactics, Republican, Politician

  "Conservatives goes wild" by John Podhoretz, nypost.com. January 04, 2013.

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• Don’t be cool. Cool is conservative fear dressed in black.

  Bruce Mau

  Black, Being Cool

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