Michael O'Rielly Quotes

The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.

I'm not a moderniser. I accept that things like escalators do need an upgrade every now and then, but I think the fundamental principles of Conservatism have a long thread running through them that does not need to be modernised.

We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.

Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something.

I believe that this is the key, the principle itself is the key to conservatism. Because in many ways if you do not have a principled base you do not have policy and if you do not have policy in many ways you do not have an ideology.

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

I'm as conservative as they come.

I've always been conservative. I was born that way.

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

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

I am a conservative thinker, well known as such, outspoken as such but reasonable in my view.

As an ideology - and certainly as a political identity - conservatism is less popular than the very principles and values it stands for.

I am a Conservative: I'm never going to be anything else.

I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.

It's often been said that conservatism is successful because it chimes with these basic human instincts. It's time for us to ask fundamental questions about what the Conservative Party is for, and what it actually believes.

I think what I'm trying to do, reform-wise, is completely consistent with conservative philosophy. It may not be consistent with some so-called conservatives who live in Washington and make their living like I used to.

I am Conservative to the core of my being, as those who know me best will testify.

The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative.

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.

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

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

But I came from a conservative Republican background.

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

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

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.