“Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone is orchestrating a malicious campaign against Russia. They don't realize that even conservative politicians have to react when newspapers and artists express their concern on such an issue.” BelieveArtistRealizingOpinionIssuesTheoryPoliticianConcernWestConservativeCampaignsNewspapersRussiaConspiracyPublic OpinionPutinAdviserConspiracy TheoryMalicious Author:Alexei Navalny
“We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security.” JobsPoliticalValuesCommunityModernConditionsSecurityPoliticianDirectConservativeFantasticHypocrisyWagesAssaultConservatismSalaryHypocriteConductingFamily ValuesPretenceInsincereDuplicityAnti Conservative Author:Paul Keating
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” MenPhilosophyCharacterPoliticalPoliticsMoralVirtueModernHonestyIgnorancePoliticianMoralityExerciseIntegrityClimate ChangeConservativeSelfishSuperiorsSelfishnessEngagedLiberalismJustificationConservatismMoral PhilosophySelf JustificationAnti ConservativeModern PhilosophyModern PoliticsConservative Political Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word 'BUT' which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative - before they tell you. Thus: 'I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but...(a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).” WayFirstsPoliticsBeliefStrongCuttingListeningPoliticianOppositesConservativeActiveSentencesDefenseBillionsMaximumAlways BelieveProposeComprehensionClausesNational Defense Author:Frank Mankiewicz
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” JusticeFreedomLibertyVirtueRightsPoliticianGayHuman RightsConservativeVicesDefenseLibertarianPursuitLiberalismLgbtSenatorsModerationConservatismExtremismFreedom And LibertyMemorial DayFreedom LibertyLimited GovernmentReligious ExtremismLimiting GovernmentLibertarian PartyLimited FreedomPolitical WillLiberty And JusticeAmerica FreedomMemorial Day PoemsVice And VirtueLimiting FreedomMemorial Day RemembranceHappy Memorial DayGreat Memorial DayLiberty And Justice For AllMemorial WeekendPolitical WisdomPolitical ExtremismPursuit Of Justice Author:Barry Goldwater
“We need to be strong in order to avoid war; and to win. A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation. Any person who is over 30 and is not a conservative, has no brains.” NeedsLooksPersonsWarOrderNextWinningStrongBrainGenerationsPoliticianElectionConservativeNext GenerationStatesmen Author:Winston Churchill
“Putting measures like gay marriage on ballots for elections only hurts the gay rights cause and elects more conservative politicians.” CausesHurtRightsPoliticianGayElectionConservativeGay MarriageGay RightsBallots Author:Roseanne Barr
“I'm convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It's the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.” HumansImportantLeftUnderstandingPoliticianAbsolutesAffairConservativeConvictionConvincedCompromiseDivisionPreacherLeft And RightZealotry Author:Bill Keller
“I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help in this. As a Republican and a conservative, I can say ruefully that the Democrats and the liberals tend to get it; that when she said something, it was put in a nice way and highlighted properly by the appropriate media, so that it sounded good.” ThinkingWaySaidI CanHelpingNiceMediaPoliticianRepublicanRelationDemocratVery GoodConservativeAppropriateUsualPublic RelationsEleanor Author:William A. Rusher
“I think it's important not to start drawing parallels, for example, between Theresa May, a fairly traditional conservative politician, who's now prime minister and Le Pen in France. Those aren't the same and the situation in each country is different.” ThinkingMayImportantDifferentCountrySituationExamplePoliticianConservativeDrawingTraditionalFranceMinistersPensPrimePrime MinisterParallelsTheresa Author:Barack Obama
“I've become accustomed to supporting politicians who are more conservative than I am. This is not entirely a surprise.” PoliticianSurpriseConservativeAccustomed Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“[Lyndon ] Johnson was responding to a black freedom movement that was tearing the country open and he did what he had to do as a conservative politician.” CountryBlackMovementPoliticianConservativeJohnsonResponding Author:Bill Ayers
“Every politician - FDR, Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama - they're all conservative by nature. They are part of the big thing and they're moving in a very constrained world.” WorldBigsMovingPoliticianConservativeBarackBig ThingsJohnsonAbrahamMoving In Author:Bill Ayers
“Ronald Reagan, and before him, Richard Nixon, and before Nixon, a slew of conservative politicians going back through American history, have played to the idea that the great majority of poor people are somehow "undeserving," and being undeserving, merit at best very limited, oftentimes deeply coercive and humiliating, government interventions to better their finances. That narrative isn't about to disappear overnight; but it strikes me as being like a weak gruel - there's no sustenance in it, no heft behind the argument.” PeoplePoorPoliticianArgumentWeakConservativeDisappearFinanceAmerican HistoryPoor PeopleHumiliating Author:Sasha Abramsky
“During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames.” LibertyPoliticianRepublicanSummerDeserveInnovationDemocraticConservativeFlamesHeatProtestActivistDestroyingObamacareMandatesGrassroots Author:Michelle Malkin
“It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.” YearsEyePartyKnownFocusFeetPoliticianPaperYears AgoShoesConservativeNewspapersPairsPrintHeelsPapersConferencesKittenLeopardsConservative PartyLeopard Print Author:Theresa May
“The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.” PoliticianRepublicanStrategyConservativeActivistTacticsScornFuryTruest Author:John Podhoretz
“Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” IfsHumorGovernmentMovingPoliticalPoliticsPresidentFreedomViewsLibertyEconomyEconomicMilitaryPoliticianTaxesEconomicsConservativeLibertarianSocialismCommunismPresidentialWelfarePhrasesLiberalismPatrioticLibertarianismTaxationKeep MovingFreedom And LibertyIncome TaxFreedom LibertyProperty RightsLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentSubsidiesAmerican GovernmentFree GovernmentGovernment SpendingLimited FreedomPolitical WillUs PresidentPolitical ViewGreat LibertarianTax DayAmerican EconomyAmerica FreedomGreat Veterans DayRepublican GovernmentGovernment And SocietyTaxes FunnyGreat PoliticalEconomy And EconomicsStrong EconomyFuture Of AmericaBest PoliticalGreat ConservativeGovernment And BusinessGovernment WelfareRussian Economy Author:Ronald Reagan
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.” HelpingGovernmentFunnyPoliticalPoliticsLanguageBusinessMilitaryPoliticianWordsConservativeSocialismCommunismLiberalismTerrificEnglish LanguageGoverningLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentGovernment ProgramsFunny PoliticalGreat Veterans DayRepublican GovernmentGovernment And SocietyLearning EnglishPolitical JokesGreat ConservativeGovernment Welfare Author:Ronald Reagan
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” BigsSpeakLeadershipLeaderPoliticianSticksConservativePresidentialImperialismDiplomacyGreat LeaderLeadership By Famous LeadersHomelyAmerican ImperialismSpeak SoftlyWise ProverbsAfrican Proverbs Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.” PoliticalEvilPoliticsWishPoliticianConservativeConservatismDistinguishedStatesmenStatesmanshipEnamoredFunny PoliticalPoliticians And PoliticsPolitics FunnyFunny Politician Author:Ambrose Bierce
“Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.” ShouldBigsMightPayPoliticianTaxesElectionConservativeIncomeAprilDiscouragingIncome TaxElection Day Author:Thomas Sowell