Richard Mourdock Quotes

I don't compromise my principles for politics.

There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own principles, then you're lost. You're really lost.

I don't think that has to be our choice... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle.

You can’t set aside … values in the name of political expediency.

[Explaining his anti-abortion stance:] When you're functioning out of conviction, you can't think of politics.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.

You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.

You have to believe in something strongly enough that you would lose your seat over it.

Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs.

I still want to hold on to my beliefs, and as long as I have that, I won't stray too far from politics.

For the Left, when ideology and reality conflict, ideology must win.

What does he stand for?

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

You do have to keep in mind as you're going through extraordinarily difficult circumstances, that if you stay true, true to your values, if you stay true to your principles, if you believe in these values, then you can work in that context to right policies that may not be working.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

Centrism is bogus.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getting everything you want. Now, we should never compromise our principles. And I never have. Those are the things that people vote for you on, that's the core of who you are. But there's always a boulevard between that and getting everything you want.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.