Thomas Massie Quotes

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

I've always been a conservative first.

It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again.

I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.

There are libertarian conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and social conservatives. I feel conservative in terms of limited government, individual responsibility, self-sufficiency - that sort of thing.

At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators and thinkers to our elected officials, share an important and common purpose in advancing the cause of liberty, reigning in a bloated federal government, and defending our traditional family values.

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.

I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

I am a Republican because of my military background, my pro-life beliefs, my support for the Second Amendment, and my belief that government should not grow excessively.

I'm instinctively a Conservative.

It's time for conservative Americans to do what Reagan did.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label.

I consider myself a Republican.

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

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government.

I think that, especially among conservatives, there's a clear understanding that there are three legs to the conservative stool. There are the free-market economics conservatives, the social conservatives, and the national-security conservatives.

There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained.

Actually, I'm a Republican.

I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it's antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic.

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

The role of a conservative is not to pass laws but to repeal them.

We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.

Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders' vision. But we have to act like it.

I'm a political conservative.