George H. W. Bush Quotes

I'm an independent conservative. And what I mean by that - when I think we're right, I'm with us all the way, and I am a conservative. And I think my record reflects that.

I'm instinctively a Conservative.

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.

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

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

Very simply, I was the original conservative.

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 registered conservative.

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.

So I'm a pretty conservative fellow, but not conservative enough for the Tea Party.

Actually, I'm a Republican.

I don't just say I'm conservative. I have boot leather to my gospel.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying 'no'. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

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

I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

I am a proud conservative.

Well for sure I'm conservative.

What the heck would the establishment know about conservatism?

I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.

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

I've always been a conservative first.

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

Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'