Dick Gregory Quotes

What the heck would the establishment know about conservatism?

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

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

I'm instinctively a Conservative.

There are libertarian conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and social conservatives. I feel conservative in terms of limited government, individual responsibility, self-sufficiency - that sort of thing.

I think it's important that the Republican Party remain the home of conservatives and that the best way to advance conservative principles is to elect Republicans up and down the ballot.

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

Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach.

I think there's a growing amount of confusion about what conservatism is. And it is time for us to understand that conservatism is not built on personalities. Conservatism is not simply built on how angry you might seem from time to time. Conservatism is built on a set of principles and ideas that our nation desperately needs.

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 conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility.

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

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

The Republican Party is either going to return to the party of fiscal responsibility and consistent conservative principles as it was under Ronald Reagan, or it will continue down the path of 'sporadic moderation.'

I'm a registered conservative.

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

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

I'm for making the Republican Party conservative or making it die.

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

I'm a right-wing conservative.

I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

'Staunch conservatives' and 'free marketeers' are fairly typical Republicans, while the 'American preservationists' are far less reliably a part of a GOP coalition.