Tim Scott Quotes

I think one of the most threatening places to be in politics is a black conservative because there are so many liberals who want to continue to reinforce a stereotype that doesn't exist about America.

Part of the challenge of being a black Republican anywhere is that you start off with people walking in with chips on their shoulder trying to figure out what is wrong with you.

Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading up this organization in the Reagan administration - I can say that conservatives don't exactly break their necks to tell blacks that they're welcome.

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party.

Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives.

I'm a proud Republican - there's no issue with that at all, so why can't I be a proud Republican and just try to solve problems?

Let's get the elephant out of the room. I'm a conservative Democrat.

I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.

It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.

Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.

In certain quarters, conservatism is simply racism by another name. And minorities who openly identify themselves as conservatives are still novelties, fish out of water.

Senator Brown and I have different philosophies as represented in our different ratings: I am a conservative, and he is a liberal.

I am the Democratic Party's absolutely worst nightmare. Why is that? Well, you see, I am a black conservative Republican running against one of the most vulnerable Democrats in America in 2016.

I am not a Republican apologist.

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

We have to stress our conservative credentials and emphasize that we are the natural, national alternative to the Liberals. Clearly the Alliance has shown it can't break out of its Western box. The Alliance is at single-digit support in three quarters of the country.

I was ranked the second most conservative member in the House.

I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.

I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.

Anyway, I just haven't been able to find any humanity in any Republican candidate ever in my entire life.

How come liberals never admit that they're liberal? They've now come up with a new word called 'progressive,' which I thought was an insurance company but apparently it's a label.

I hate Republicans and everything they stand for.

It's not like Massachusetts, where they're baptized Democrats.

I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!