Michael Burgess Quotes

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.

I tend to think that free-market conservative principles are the best ones for the CEO of a state.

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.

I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative, I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues.

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.

What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance.

I am a free market Republican. I am against subsidies, in most cases.

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government.

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

As conservatives, we support free market principles and believe the private sector provides solutions that the government cannot.

I've got the conservative ideas for putting our country back on track.

As Republicans, our challenge is to become a pro-market party and not be a pro-business party.

A Conservative party that supports free markets should also advocate the end of corporate welfare.

The media has brainwashed the electorate to expect the government to do something. The best economic policy of any government is to do nothing but reduce the size of the government, reduce the size of the laws, and reduce the size of regulations.

I'm one of the top 2 or 3 or 4 most conservative members in the House of Representatives when it comes to economics.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

You know, conservatism is not a bad thing. It's not a pejorative.

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

I am very much a Republican.

I'm instinctively a Conservative.

It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

Mitt Romney not only believes in the values of economic freedom. His entire life has been committed to advancing it.