John Key Quotes

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

What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance.

I'm a political conservative.

And my principles go right in line with the Tea Party.

Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and you can be a conservative.

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 am a conservative and proud of it.

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

I've got the conservative ideas for putting our country back on track.

The real boneheads are the libertarians.

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense.

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

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

Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

Dick Armey is an economic conservative. He is not a social conservative. He doesn't like to talk about marriage and about the unborn child, the sanctity of life and things like that. He wants to talk about smaller government.

My instincts are conservative, but my inclinations are also libertarian.

I'm a right-wing conservative.

I've had a very long career of being conservative.

By definition, conservatives struggle with change.

Indiana is a state that works because conservative principles work every time you put them into practice.

At its core, conservatism is not an anti-government movement, and it's not a no-government movement.

House Republicans are the most powerful force for limited government, strong national defense, and economic opportunity that exists in America today. But it is not enough to just talk about conservative values.