Eric Swalwell Quotes

My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.

I'm fairly conservative on social issues, but not extremely conservative and not reactionary.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

I was never a very convincing social conservative, and always avoided associating myself with that part of the broader conservative movement.

You know I don't think we need the Republicans to steal family values from us.

I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.

Le Pen is old; I'm young.

When it comes to social issues such as the role of the family, I'm certainly more conservative than Angela Merkel. But on the big questions on what direction and where Germany should develop, when it comes to the economy, then we have very similar views.

Let's think about where things stood in December 2015. By that time, Republicans had already had such epic and long-standing struggles with young people that I'd written a whole book about it. Additionally, Republicans had already had a bruising start to their primary season.

Again and again, people get more conservative as they get older.

Trump is the opposite of everything Reagan was.

They say that the older you get, the more conservative you become: perhaps that's the reason there are no Tories in Scotland.

There is nothing inherently left-wing about young people in the U.K.

Political conservatives need to recognize that multicultural politics is converging with leftist politics, and not only on 'social issues' like same-sex marriage. Our Constitution is also on the chopping block, and if you don't see that, you haven't been paying attention.

I have a very successful father-in-law and family with very different political views.

If somebody did a new show that, within a family, had conflicting political views, that would be great.

Conservatives have to be more than just Liberals who are good at math.

We've got to think long-term too because I don't think Trump speaks to a lot of young people.

It's fitting that an insult largely aimed at youth has made children of those who use it. 'Snowflake' reminds us how much we need climate change... in politics.

I think the Republican Party is lost in terms of whether we should be stronger on the social issues or ignore the social issues. But I think the Rand Pauls, the Ted Cruzes, that's the future of the party.

The problem is my kids are liberal, maybe too liberal, and I have no one to blame but myself because I introduced them to Uncle O.J.

When it comes to the Democratic party, all you need to do is look at the ideology of Millennials.

I think Millennials are more progressive, more socially progressive, much more concerned about economic issues that impact the poor and middle class, and so that basically shows me that the Democratic party will have a bright future.

At 80 million, millennials, born between 1980 and 2000, are the largest generation in history. Yet they are a demographic Congress has historically either taken for granted or ignored altogether.

I think the Republican Party has moved substantially to the right, particularly on social issues... And the Democratic Party has moved to the left over the past decades. So we've got a lot more room in the middle.