Matt Rosendale Quotes

I think that, you know, when we start talking about the Tea Party, people want to marginalize that into some kind of organization or party, but it really isn't.

So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

You know I have had Tea Party support.

Don't get me wrong, I am a proud Republican, and I want to support my party. I am a firm believer in the Republican principles of smaller government, low taxes and economic freedom. I have spent my time in government service fighting for these principles.

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

The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.

The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.

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

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

Today, grass-roots Republicans want to drink a bottle of 2010 small-government wine, but our candidates were bottled in another era, before the tea party's ideas took root.

House Republicans are the most powerful force for limited government, strong national defense, and economic opportunity that exists in America today. But it is not enough to just talk about conservative values.

The most misreported and misunderstood thing about the tea party is its political leanings. The tea party has no political leaning. It stands straight for limited government, low taxes, and liberty for all.

Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.

I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican colleagues forgot that we were sent here to shrink the federal government, not to grow it.

I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well.

Yes, I'm of the old guard, liberal Republican.

The Republicans have a very traditional focus over and over again whether or not it's worked.

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

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

Very simply, I was the original conservative.

And my principles go right in line with the Tea Party.

We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.

If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.

I'm a conservative. I believe in the idea of freedom and liberty, but more importantly, look at my voting background. I voted against bailing out Wall Street. I voted against, never voted for, a tax increase.