Conservative Quotes - Page 7

• Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

  C. S. Lewis

  Motivational, Godly, Christian Inspirational

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• If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.

  Billy Joel

  Missing, Heaven, Three

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• Man is not free unless government is limited.

  Ronald Reagan

  Men, Liberty, Libertarian

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

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• We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.

  Ronald Reagan

  Political, Liberty, Dollars

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Some studies show that women can be better money managers than men because they tend to be more conservative and do their homework. Men tend to take more risks without the research.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Men, Risk, Research

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• I'm actually quite conservative.

  Peta Wilson

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• If gay marriage was OK ... then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog.

  Boris Johnson

  Dog, Gay, Men

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• If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we may rebuild society; if it is not to be restored, still we ought to understand conservative ideas so that we may rake from the ashes what scorched fragments of civilizations escape the conflagration of unchecked will and appetite.

  Russell Kirk

  Order, Civilization, Ideas

  Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.11, Regnery Publishing

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• I am a conservative, but I am not a zombie.

  Glenn Beck

  Zombie

  "Glenn Beck Program", May 11, 2006.

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• When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  War, Men, Funeral

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Government, Boston, People

  "Goldstein: How Universities Killed Free Speech" by Lorrie Goldstein, torontosun.com. November 22, 2017.

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• I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

  George H. W. Bush

  Patriotic, Nuts, Political

  "Vice President George Bush today joked that Geraldine Ferraro's..." by Ira R. Allen, www.upi.com. August 22, 1984.

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• America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

  George W. Bush

  America, People, Communism

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2004

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• I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

  Herman Cain

  Growing Up, Matter, Knows

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• Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you.

  Drew Carey

  Vegas, Judging, Unions

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie & Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November 1, 1997.

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• In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Death, Money, Business

  Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov. 1789

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• In choosing a President, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Leadership, President, Republican

  Rudy Giuliani's address to the Republican Party convention in New York, news.bbc.co.uk. August 30, 2004.

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• White collar conservative flashin' down the street,
  Pointing that plastic finger at me,
  Hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
  But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Freedom, White, Flags

  "Song: 'If 6 Was 9'". 1967.

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• It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Truth, Freedom

  Notes on the State of Virginia, query 17 (1781 - 1785)

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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• The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

  Ronald Reagan

  Friends, Military, Political

  A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

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• Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

  Dennis Prager

  Courage, Kindness, Honesty

  FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Sep 07, 2014

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• Liberals love to say things like, "We're just asking everyone to pay their fair share." But government is not about asking. It is about telling. The difference is fundamental. It is the difference between making love and being raped, between working for a living and being a slave. The Internal Revenue service is not asking anybody to do anything. It confiscates your assets and puts you behind bars if you don't pay.

  Thomas Sowell

  Government, Differences, Making Love

  Thomas Sowell (1999). “Barbarians Inside the Gates--and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• I believe it is peace for our time.

  Neville Chamberlain

  Peace, Time, War

  Neville Chamberlain's "Peace For Our Time" Speech in front of 10 Downing St., eudocs.lib.byu.edu. September 30, 1938.

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• Five people in robes said they are bigger than the voters of California and Congress combined. And bigger than God. May He forgive us all.

  Mike Huckabee

  God, California, People

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