Nick Clegg Quotes

I'm a growth-is-good Democrat.

Bill Clinton is a classic, old-school Southern pragmatic Democrat.

Liberal Republicanism has kept this party abreast of human need in a changing world.

Jeremy Corbyn has proved popular with young voters in part because he has promised an end to austerity.

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

Do we go back and be the mushy middle party? Or do we have conservative, principled ideas for all the issues of the day, from the economy, from foreign policy, defence, security, that's the choice.

Opposition to social change is but one pillar of contemporary Republicanism.

In the Republican Party, we talk all the time about the importance of free markets and open competition. It seems to me that if we don't practice what we preach, we won't have much credibility with others.

The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now.

Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.

I get if you're a conservative, and you're saying, I don't know, 'Government shouldn't be mandating what's taught in classrooms,' or, 'Government is too intrusive in our economic life,' well, that's standard conservatism.

I am a very instinctive Conservative. I have created a welfare system where it pays to work. I have created independent schools within the state sector bringing excellence to children wherever they are.

As conservatives, we support free market principles and believe the private sector provides solutions that the government cannot.

'Democratic socialism' is awful as a slogan and catastrophic as a policy. And 'social democracy' - a term that better fits the belief of more ordinary liberals who want, say, Medicare for all - is a politically dying force. Democrats who aren't yet sick of all their losing should feel free to embrace them both.

The voters in both parties understand our trade policy really has betrayed the middle class.

The Democratic Party has been my party over 50 years, where I waged my battle to change America and change the world from its progressive wing.

Movement Conservatism was a fringe force from the 1950s until the 1980s, when voters elected Movement Conservative Ronald Reagan to the White House. But even then, their control of the Republican Party was not a given.

The fact is, when you hear the Republican candidates on immigration, when you see them and hear them talk about contraception, mammograms, abortion, and not the economy, it's clear to me they're moving farther and farther away from the mainstream.

I'm a right-wing fiscal conservative and a social liberal.

I'm a liberal - and I'm not running from that word!

Look, I still think Texas is a - is a red state. It's going to continue to be a red state. I think as people stay more time in Texas, they become red. They see what, you know, Texas, kind of low tax, you know, a pro-business economy is doing for them as well. It's a well-run state.

I don't know why anyone would want businesses and families and individuals nationwide to suffer. But by voting against tax reform, Democrats showed that was exactly what they stand for: less money for families and more money into Washington, D.C.

We believe that if you want a strong middle class, you have to vote for Democrats.

Conservatives should never be shy in promoting a strong case for individual enterprise. We should acknowledge where the system doesn't work, and seek to amend it.

People are realizing that the winning message is the progressive message.