Bill Halter Quotes

I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.

I'm like most people in America. I'm conservative on some things, and I'm liberal on other things.

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

I would put myself towards left of center.

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted — in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest — at the command — of his head.

I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive.

Centrism is bogus.

Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.

As for myself, 'total liberal outlook on life and politics' is not an accurate description.

I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.

I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. There are some issues I'm more conservative on.

No, I do not identify with the right wing.

I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'

My parents are awesome, but they're pretty left-wing.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative', one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary', one who won't go at all.

There were more moderate Republicans in those days than there are today.

I do not believe that our place is at the comfortable mid-point between the extremes of left and right.

Bill Clinton is a moderate Democrat. I'm a democratic socialist.

I think liberals would love to see the conservative party be more moderate, more middle of the road. I mean, my gosh, what do you call John McCain? Some would argue, what do you call Mitt Romney?

I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.

I'm liberal about everything that is issue-based as far as ideology, but I'm also of the opinion of a very small government.

I don't know what Russell Moore's politics really are. I don't know if he is a closet liberal or if he is a conservative.

I'm fairly conservative on social issues, but not extremely conservative and not reactionary.

I'm not a reactionary.

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.