John Adams Quotes

Centrism is bogus.

I'm a centrist.

I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd.

The best position the government could assume would be that of moderation between opposite extremes of Ultra-Toryism and Radicalism

Extremes can be right on no side.

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

The art of politics is to find something in the middle that satisfies most.

Most political accidents happen in the middle of the road.

Obama has been deliberative to a fault and an inveterate seeker of the middle ground.

You see every extreme position defended to the last vote, almost to the last breath by one unyielding group or another. You often see a balanced and fair approach that demands sacrifice, a little sacrifice from everyone, abandoned like an orphan without support and without friends.

I'm quite moderate.

I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.

Not every Democratic idea is a good one; not every Republican idea is a bad one.

It seems like the whole world is either with Israel or with Palestine. It seems like there is nobody who is actually in the middle, because the only loud people are the ones in the extreme.

People ask me if I'm liberal or conservative. I say neither - I'm pragmatic.

In the field of controversy I always pity the moderate party, who stand on the open middle ground exposed to the fire of both sides.

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

I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.

I'm a true centrist: my beliefs put me in the middle... You know what happens to people who drive in the middle of the road? They get run over.

I'm not an extremist, you know.

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

Most people perceive moderates as timid middle-of-the-roaders who can't take a stand.