William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes

The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics as a revolutionary instrument for transforming society and even transforming human nature. In his march toward Utopia, the ideologue is merciless.

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

I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.'

I'm an independent conservative. And what I mean by that - when I think we're right, I'm with us all the way, and I am a conservative. And I think my record reflects that.

The conservative revival cannot be dismissed.

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

It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.

I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. There are some issues I'm more conservative on.

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas.

Am I a Republican? Yes. Am I a Democrat? Yes. Am I a conservative? Yes. Am I a liberal? Yes.

I'm so Republican, my first name starts with 'R.' I'm so right-wing - well, Randy Weber. You do the math.

There is no question that Hannity is a conservative. But I can tell you from personal experience after having worked with O'Reilly for years now, you never know where he is going to come out on an issue. He definitely leans right when it comes to certain social, traditional value issues, but he's all over the board on certain other issues.

Romney is an accomodationist technocrat who is an ideological pretzel of a man.

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

I've had a very long career of being conservative.

The name Noel Skelton is largely forgotten today, but his legacy in the Conservative Party in the 20th century was enormous.

I'm totally open to changing my beliefs. I could grow up to be a total communist. I could grow up to be a Neocon. I'm looking to have my views challenged. I'm looking to be corrected.

There are a lot of undecideds in this country that are hopefully right of center, not left of center.

I am not the progressive Koch brother.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich represent the big government frugal socialist wing of the party. And I represent the true constitutional conservative wing of our party.

I don't like labels necessarily because a label doesn't mean very much. But when it comes to being conservative, I happen to be conservative.

I've instinctively hated the Tories since birth.

I am Conservative to the core of my being, as those who know me best will testify.

Doing well is a conservative idea; meaning well is a liberal idea

Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.