Mitt Romney Quotes

I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

I've been a conservative my whole life. There is nothing hard-right or far-right about anything. I just believe in ideas and that ideas matter in history, and that's my background, and that's the way I'd like to be portrayed.

I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.

I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced by the superiority of the arguments that are made on the conservative side. I think that's a better way to run a society.

I'm a conservative. I believe in the idea of freedom and liberty, but more importantly, look at my voting background. I voted against bailing out Wall Street. I voted against, never voted for, a tax increase.

Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation.

As conservatives, we know our principles, and we also know the best ideas do not always come from Washington.

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 want the American people to understand that conservatism is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights.

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

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

Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders' vision. But we have to act like it.

I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

I think that conservative principles have a broad appeal, and you should state them boldly, and the point of a Conservative election is to do conservative things, not to do Labour things but slightly less damaging.

If you want a politically incorrect conservative, that's me.

I am a proud conservative.

I'm a conservative first, and I believe that, if we do a better job of helping Americans understand what we're trying to do, to showcase every place in the country that our ideas are working at the state level, that that will help those at the federal level who want to carry those policies.

I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative values and principles. I can tell you right now, I am not the merger candidate. I am not interested in institutional marriages with other parties.

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.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

I think what the Tea Party movement is - I'm all for it; they're out there fighting for our rights, fighting for what our forefathers stood for.

For me, I think being a conservative means you are focused on all four key principles: strong defense, lower taxes, less spending, and defending traditional American values.

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

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

I'd say I'm a true conservative. Liberals have got a monopoly on protecting the environment, or all the cool technology, and I don't think we should cede that territory.