Mike Pence Quotes

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'm as conservative as they come.

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

Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.

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

Very simply, I was the original conservative.

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

Conservatives conserve and that is why they became irrelevant.

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

Opposition to social change is but one pillar of contemporary Republicanism.

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.

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.

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

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

I'm an independent conservative. And what I mean by that - when I think we're right, I'm with us all the way, and I am a conservative. And I think my record reflects that.

Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family, and a strong national defense. These three legs do not merely represent a political coalition; they are three necessary components of a strong and secure America.

It is not about Republicanism, it's about conservatism.

To all of you who are Republicans of long standing, I hope you appreciate that I always tried to stand for conservative values.

You get married and have kids, and you get sick of having the government take your money and tell you what to do. I'm just a conservative guy.

So I'm a pretty conservative fellow, but not conservative enough for the Tea Party.

It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again.

Dick Armey is an economic conservative. He is not a social conservative. He doesn't like to talk about marriage and about the unborn child, the sanctity of life and things like that. He wants to talk about smaller government.

I'm an ultra-conservative.

Conservatism is the politics of reality.

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