Marvin Olasky Quotes

In many ways, Nixon started the modern notion of 'compassionate conservatism,' which as we all know is neither 'compassionate' nor 'conservative.'

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.

While I am a Republican, I'm a conservative first and I'm a constitutional conservative, and in Washington some of the Republicans are oftentimes just as much a problem as some of the Democrats, and we need to elect more senators like Senator Rubio and others who will stand proudly as conservatives to do the right thing for our country.

I'm as conservative as they come.

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

Paul Ryan is a solid conservative.

Republicans are already on seriously thin ice, having presided over an era of unprecedented spending and consistently failing to articulate conservative principles on a wide variety of issues. But what Obama has in store will make President Bush appear, in retrospect, like a libertarian.

Bush is no conservative.

Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.

Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.

I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well.

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.

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

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

Folks know that while I respect Barack Obama and do not cheap-shot the president, I am very skeptical of his big government, nanny-state philosophy.

I am a Republican because the United States is a republic, and the views we hold represent the foundation our country was built on so many years ago.

Very simply, I was the original conservative.

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

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

You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan.

There's room in the Republican Party for anyone who wants to be a part of the values that we espouse when it comes to the role of government, free enterprise, free markets.

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.'

Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.