Ben Shapiro Quotes

In terms of the conservative movement, I do think it would be foolish to deny that Trump has exposed certain aspects of that movement as less healthy than I thought or hoped.

I'm as conservative as they come.

I know the drill. [Republicans] say Donald Trump is not a Republican. They say he's a Trojan horse or he's unacceptable or he's uncouth or whatever they say.

That's what the conservative movement has become, is basically an annex of the [Donald] Trump campaign.

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

But I came from a conservative Republican background.

Ted Cruz is not the official spokesman for American conservatism. If you want somebody who has been out there, who has offered an alternative - the person who offered an alternative, for example, is... Paul Ryan.

We [Republicans] don’t need any new ideas.

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

I see a bright, bright future for the Republican Party and conservatism in general.

The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates.

[Phyllis Schlaffley and Pat Buchanan and Jeff Sessions] do know conservatism, but I think they are wrong.

It's almost impossible to make the case that Bush is a conservative. That may be good; that may be bad.

I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.

The country has become much more conservative, partly because it's been taken over by the religious right.

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

Social conservatism, business conservatism: the one side constitutes the other, like some infernal Mobius strip.

I'm a total Republican, but I've never claimed to be a Christian-right conservative. They're a large but dwindling part of the Party.

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

The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with the Tea Party movement around this country.

Republicans are the only one who can carry the banner of what I think millions of Americans are saying.

Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency.

I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.

I'm a registered conservative.

Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.