I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.
…moderates were inexorably sucked into the vortexes of the sectional passions that led to the war. [American Civil War]
Modernity and moderation is what we need in Egypt.
I know a moderate, more centered candidate like myself doesn't get as much attention as people who tend to say more extreme things.
Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
Extremism of the right should not be answered by extremism of the left, because neither extremism will work. The country has been wise in avoiding extremism
People don't like what's happened to the big parties. They think they've been dragged off to the extremes. They think the quality of leadership is below what a country like the United Kingdom ought to have available. And they want something different.
I'm not a green like most Democrats would be. I have a blue-collar district.
Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics.
I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.
The antidote to frenzied partisanship won’t be found in politics as usual but in problem-solving leaders who govern from the center.
What matters most is finding practical, pragmatic solutions .... Ideological purity is for partisan extremists.
People ask me, "Are you right wing or are you left wing?" and I always say, "I'm for the whole bird." A one-winged bird didn't ever get off the ground.
Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.
We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.
I'm a big-tent Republican.
Most Americans reject an absolutist sense of religious or political truth.
The PRI portrays itself as the force of the center, of stability.
I don't think really conservative or liberal; I think what makes sense.
Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.
There is no such thing as a moderate Republican anymore.
I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.
I am a conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a radical to remove all that is bad.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
I am genuinely an Independent. I agree more often than not with Democrats on domestic policy. I agree more often than not with Republicans on foreign and defense policy. I'm an Independent.
Being a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist.
