“The Muslim Brotherhood is a religiously conservative group. They are a minority in Egypt. They are not a majority of the Egyptian people, but they have a lot of credibility because all the other liberal parties have been smothered for 30 years.” PeopleYearsHas BeensPartyGroupsMajorityConservativeMinoritiesBrotherhoodEgyptCredibilityEgyptianMuslim BrotherhoodLiberal Party Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“I'm a committed Republican. I believe very strongly in individual liberty. I tend not to think much in terms of group politics. I really am a kind of small government person and I'm most certainly a fiscal conservative and strong on national defense.” ThinkingBelieveKindPersonsGovernmentIndividualStrongI BelieveTermLibertyGroupsRepublicanConservativeCommittedDefenseVery StrongIndividual LibertyNational DefenseSmall Government Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I have found a certain type calls himself a Liberal...Now I always thought I was a Liberal. I came up terribly surprised one time when I found out that I was a Right-Wing Conservative Extremist, when I listened to everybody's point of view that I ever met, and then decided how I should feel. But this so-called new Liberal group, Jesus, they never listen to your point of view.” FeelsShouldCertainFoundJesusViewsGroupsTypeMetsDecidedWingsConservativePoint Of ViewOne TimeRight WingExtremist Book:The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon Source: The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon
“Conservatives . . . may decide to join the game and seek activist judges with conservative views. Should that come to pass, those who have tempted the courts to political judging will have gained nothing for themselves but will have destroyed a great and essential institution. . . . There are only two sides. Either the Constitution and statutes are law, which means their principles are known and control judges, or they are malleable texts that judges may rewrite to see that particular groups or political causes win.” ShouldMayMeanTwoLawPoliticalGamesWinningCausesSidesViewsKnownPrinciplesGroupsParticularJudgingEssentialsConstitutionInstitutionsCourtConservativeDestroyedActivistTemptedTwo SidesStatutes Author:Robert Bork
“... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning for stable values... When conservative Christian groups talk of failures in our educational system, the erosion of our moral standards, and the waste of young lives, they are addressing real and legitimate concerns... Among secularists, the aversion toward discussion of moral values, let alone religion, can reach absurd extremes.” RealChristianYoungValuesReligiousMoralClearGroupsWasteStandardsConcernHungerConservativeEducationalExtremesAbsurdDiscussionOur SocietyYearningStableAlarmsRespondingAversionEducational SystemMoral ValuesErosionYoung Life Author:Norman Lear
“I don't regard myself as any kind of conservative, except conceivably neo, and that word, of course, is a ridiculous appellation, because it's used to describe a group that was ready to make war on the status quo, which is not a conservative position.” KindWarUsedCoursesGroupsPositionReadyRegardConservativeRidiculousStatus Quo Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The idea of a group of elders is that, in past civilizations, they have linked worlds; the other world was also present in this one. There is also the argument that elders have "experience." The problem is that experience teaches fear of change. Experience kills imagination. Experience makes people conservative. What we are facing tomorrow requires the force of imagination, not wisdom from yesterday.” PeopleWorldIdeasProblemPastForceImaginationTeachGroupsTomorrowCivilizationArgumentConservativeYesterdayLinkedEldersOther WorldsFear Of Change Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau
“By the accusation of liberal bias ... the institutions that conservatives revere - the military, corporate America, organized religion, and the powerful conservative groups themselves - will be able to escape scrutiny and increase their influence.” AbleAmericaPowerfulGroupsInfluenceMilitaryIncreaseInstitutionsConservativeCorporateOrganizedBiasScrutinyAccusationOrganized ReligionCorporate America Author:Eric Alterman
“Historically speaking, religious and conservative groups always wanted the control over the private sphere that impacts women most, as reflected by family law and women's access to resources and mobility. And often secular groups traded this for economic incentives and trade.” WantedLawReligiousGroupsEconomicResourcesTradeImpactConservativeAccessSpheresSecularIncentivesMobilityFamily Law Author:Zainab Salbi