Conviction Politics Quotes

A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as - or more than - any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity.

There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.

They [Federalist European Politicians] divide their time between court room, prison and debating chamber - giving a whole new meaning to the term 'conviction politician'.

Politically, I thought [Margaret Thatcher] stank. I think she had a real fight on her hands to get where she got, but I don't believe that her conviction was for the greater good.

I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician.

Never have I met a politician who was as certain her or she was absolutely right as Margret Thatcher.

Mr. Corbyn reminds mature people of the days when the big parties really differed. He impresses the young because he doesn't patronise them, and obviously believes what he says.

[We are] no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.

We've got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction - we've got to be hotter than high school love.