Allen West Quotes

I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative, I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues.

Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family, and a strong national defense. These three legs do not merely represent a political coalition; they are three necessary components of a strong and secure America.

I'm instinctively a Conservative.

What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me. It means to me, personal responsibility. That if I've done something wrong, its up to me to pay the price. It's up to me to make it right.

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.

Myself, I'm a post-ideological conservative.

Conservatism, for me, is the philosophy and the politics of attachment.

I'm known as a small-c conservative.

I am a proud conservative.

I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced by the superiority of the arguments that are made on the conservative side. I think that's a better way to run a society.

I've always been a conservative first.

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

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness and a return to a primitive state.

Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation.

I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.

I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.

I've been a conservative my whole life. There is nothing hard-right or far-right about anything. I just believe in ideas and that ideas matter in history, and that's my background, and that's the way I'd like to be portrayed.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

I have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.

Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.

Voters never have to question where I stand - my principles or priorities. I am a pro-freedom, pro-America and pro-life conservative.

I want the American people to understand that conservatism is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights.

I'm a conservative - a practicing one. I'm not a talk-about-it one.

I'm as conservative as they come.