Jose Manuel Barroso Quotes

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.

As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately. As children, we tend to copy our parents.

I have a very successful father-in-law and family with very different political views.

If somebody did a new show that, within a family, had conflicting political views, that would be great.

I've always viewed Mitt Romney as a very conservative person.

Bush is no conservative.

The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative.

My parents are Republicans, and I'm not.

It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.

I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.

Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views.

My parents are awesome, but they're pretty left-wing.

My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.

My grandmother is very liberal, but... she still has her opinions.

You know that no son of mine could be a goddamn liberal.

I’m extremely conservative but I’m not mad at anybody about it.

I am a conservative thinker, well known as such, outspoken as such but reasonable in my view.

I just don't believe that being conservative means all you do is throw stones and poke people in the eye.

The problem is my kids are liberal, maybe too liberal, and I have no one to blame but myself because I introduced them to Uncle O.J.

Frankly my parents didn't like him. They objected to the things he stood for. Besides, daddy and Hef are the same age.

I honestly don't see how anyone can view the GOP and the Right as anything but evil.

I don't like to define myself as necessarily conservative. What is it to be a conservative? What is it to be a Republican, even?

But I'm proud to come from a family of Republicans and, yes, we have some spirited discussions in our family.