Pete Gallego Quotes

I think really that you shouldn't run as a conservative if you're not.

But I'm not particularly aligned with the Democratic Party's policy agenda.

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.

I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows.

I have never found a Federalist over the age of 30 who has ever changed his mind about politics.

The politician may change sides so frequently as to find himself always in the majority, but most politicians have a preference for one party to the other

If there's a conservative district and we have a commitment from someone to join the Freedom Caucus, that sends a very strong message.

Even before the missteps that I've had, I was never going to run for office. My family is adamantly opposed to it, and frankly, my politics don't necessarily work for the primaries of either of our parties.

To anyone who sees himself as right-wing, I say you should vote right-wing.

I was raised a Democrat, and now I'm an Independent.

I've talked to Mitt Romney. He's not going to run for this seat. I would be glad for him if he would.

You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy.

I like John McCain, or he seems like a cool guy in a lot of ways. I don't agree with a lot of his policies, but he still seems like a cool guy.

When he was running, my thinking was, 'I can't believe my governor is running for president.' By the end of Clinton's first year in office, I was like, 'Wow, I must not be a Democrat.'

Most Hoosiers intend to support the Republican nominees. Most Hoosiers believe leaders like myself should speak out when we disagree.

I have never voted a party line. I vote on the individual and the issues.

I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.

Carlos Beruff supported Charlie Crist after he left the Republican Party. Does that should like someone who is a conservative Republican?

I have stuck my neck out to stand with a party whose ideologies are closest to mine.

So far, I have looked and looked for a detailed plan from Hillary Clinton's campaign that can tell me where she really stands, but there is none. It is difficult to trust that a candidate will be the right one for our community when you don't exactly know what their plan is.

A political party is about an ideology. And I don't think my goals in politics can match the ideology of any political party.

I am a mere filmmaker. I am not even aligned to any political party. I vote for the Congress party, and I root for the Congress ideology, but I am not subject to the Congress party.

You will never - and I mean never - be able to figure out if I was an Obama guy or a Hillary guy.

Everybody who is a Republican wants to call themselves conservative even if they don't necessarily vote that way.

My advice to Republicans: Stop worrying about the 'Hispanic' vote. Focus on being true to your party platform, because the party that can deliver economic opportunity along with traditional family values will prevail with Hispanics - and most other Americans.