Jonathan Krohn Quotes

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

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 Libertarian Republican in the Goldwater style.

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

I'm a conservative because I believe we're here on this earth to do a little more than crawl through life, comfortable in the cradle of government excess and oblivious to the duties required to keep this republic standing.

I'm a right-wing conservative.

America needs a strong, rational, positive, practical conservative movement. It needs that bulwark against liberal delusion and hubris. It needs a voice that says we are imperfect, that life is complex, that government can create need even as it meets need, that you can't fix everything, and freedom is worth some danger and sorrow.

I think, as Republicans, we need to stick by what we believe in. And that is fiscal conservatism and individual freedom.

In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative.

I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative, I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues.

The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was.

The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not?

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

As conservatives, we know our principles, and we also know the best ideas do not always come from Washington.

My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

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.

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.

I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.

Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off of Christian values. It goes hand-in-hand. As far as the Republican Party? I felt connected to it because individual freedom should not be legislated by the federal government.