Penn Jillette Quotes

Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that.

The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

You do not compromise with the right wing of the Republican party.

There is nothing so strange and unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another

Personally, I'm right of center.

The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.

Obviously, I'm no fan of the radical left.

I was always a right-wing girl as far back as I can remember.

Conservatives have always been forthright about our views, whether they brought defeat in 1964 or victory in 1980.

I think President Obama is clearly, you know, a Republican. I know, because in the 1990s I was a Republican, and he's way to the right of me, and I've hardly changed any positions.

My take, after spending some time with him, is that Kanye West is not a conservative. He's not a Republican, but he is a free thinker, and he's an independent thinker.

I like George Will, I don't agree with him particularly, but he's probably the smartest conservative out there.

There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of that. I don't like that idea. I think all extremism is suspect.

I have the most conservative position.

[Political movements] both favor alcohol and are against pot.

I never start with a political point of view. I believe that your politics are emotionally and psychologically determined by your early experiences.

A dog is a liberal... He wants to please everybody.

I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.

I am a defender of the Tea Party.

It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that.

Truthfully, with the Republicans, I don't see that much wrong with them.

I've seen all this tussling about what is [Donald] Trump ideologically and Jim Carney said he's a liberal and people saying, look, he's winning moderates. Chris Christie is an example of this.

Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.

To get nominated by the Republican Party you've got to be pretty reactionary, really.