Paul Ryan Quotes

As an ideology - and certainly as a political identity - conservatism is less popular than the very principles and values it stands for.

I am for a huge, huge tent that espouses conservative principles.

When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.

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

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

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

The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.

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.

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.

You may boo, you may turn your back, but I have devoted my life to the conservative cause.

I'm as conservative as they come.

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

The future belongs to Conservatives. They are younger, they are more energetic, they dominate the party caucuses, they dominate the nominating process. They are committed to ideas, not simply personal aggrandizement or title.

We are now, as we always have been, decidedly and conscientiously attached to the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative, party.

I've reached out to independents and minorities that have traditionally voted Democrat but that are conservative on a lot of questions. We talk to young people, folks that typically aren't voting on a consistent basis. I'm proud of that.

Well for sure I'm conservative.

In reality, anyone can call themselves a conservative. There is no secret handshake or written test to prove your bona fides. But the true conservative reaches outcomes by respecting and heeding to well-developed, sound principles.

What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.

How does conservatism find its way into the body politic? I think most people actually live their lives that way, but they have been poisoned into not voting that way because the brand - conservatism brand, Republican brand - has been summarily destroyed over the years.

What the heck would the establishment know about conservatism?

The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates.

I've got the courage to apply our conservative principles. I can't do it alone. With your help, with God's grace, we can save the idea of America before it's too late.

It is somewhat perplexing that fellow Republicans would attack a popular conservative governor of a very conservative state whose overwhelming re-election proved a conservative philosophy can erase the gender gap and attract a record number of minority voters while remaining true to conservative principles.

[Phyllis Schlaffley and Pat Buchanan and Jeff Sessions] do know conservatism, but I think they are wrong.

Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.