Philip Yancey Quotes

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

Centrism is bogus.

From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or blue state?', I say, 'I'm purple.' I think there are great ideas on both sides of the aisle and neither side has cornered the market.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

I'm conservative on some issues, and I'm progressive on others.

I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that.

I tend to vote Republican, but I don't like the hardcore views on either side, and I'm not in bed with anybody.

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

I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. There are some issues I'm more conservative on.

In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre.

Am I a Republican? Yes. Am I a Democrat? Yes. Am I a conservative? Yes. Am I a liberal? Yes.

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

I think liberals would love to see the conservative party be more moderate, more middle of the road. I mean, my gosh, what do you call John McCain? Some would argue, what do you call Mitt Romney?

I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.

I don't believe all Republicans are bad.

People ask me, "Are you right wing or are you left wing?" and I always say, "I'm for the whole bird." A one-winged bird didn't ever get off the ground.

I'm too fiscally conservative for the Democrats and too socially liberal for the Republicans, like 75% of the American people.

I don't see the world as something divided between right and left.

I'm a Democrat, but I'm really bipartisan - some people might say nonpartisan.

My parents are left-wing, and I would describe myself as that. But also, you know what? I wouldn't describe myself as that. Because I don't have to. Because I'm not a political party. Most people are a little bit of each, and we change our mind on various issues.

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations.

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

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as - or more than - any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity.