“I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative values and principles. I can tell you right now, I am not the merger candidate. I am not interested in institutional marriages with other parties.” WantI CanValuesPartyPrinciplesRight NowConservativeCandidatesProgressiveNot InterestedConservative PartyMergersConservative Values Author:Peter MacKay
“TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.” AcceptingPrinciplesConservativeImplementation Author:Jon Postel
“It is somewhat perplexing that fellow Republicans would attack a popular conservative governor of a very conservative state whose overwhelming re-election proved a conservative philosophy can erase the gender gap and attract a record number of minority voters while remaining true to conservative principles.” StatesPhilosophyNumbersPrinciplesRecordsRepublicanElectionFellowsConservativeGenderMinoritiesGapsVotersOverwhelmingGovernorsConservationEraseGender Gap Author:Karen Hughes
“Conservatism, we are told, is out-of-date. This charge is preposterous and we ought to boldly say so. The laws of God, and of nature, have no dateline. These principles are derived from the nature of man, and from the truths that God has revealed about His creation. To suggest that the Conservative philosophy is out of date is akin to saying that the Golden Rule, or the Ten Commandments or Aristotle's Politics are out of date.” MenPhilosophyLawPrinciplesCreationOughtTenConservativeGoldenCommandmentsConservatismGolden RuleTen CommandmentsNature Of Man Author:Barry Goldwater
“I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people, only qualified by fear; but I think the principle of the Liberal Party is trust in the people, only qualified by prudence.” PeopleThinkingPartyLibertyPrinciplesConservativePrudenceQualifiedConservative PartyLiberal Party Author:William E. Gladstone
“The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do so effectively only if he is not concerned with what is now politically possible but consistently defends the "general principles which are always the same." In this sense I doubt whether there can be such a thing as a conservative political philosophy. Conservatism may often be a useful practical maxim, but it does not give us any guiding principles which can influence long-range developments.” PeopleIfsGivingMayLongDoePhilosophyActionPoliticalOpinionPrinciplesDoubtInfluenceDevelopmentConcernedTasksConservativePhilosopherPracticalsRangeConsistentlyOrganizeMaximsPublic OpinionConservatismPolitical PhilosophyOften IsGuiding PrinciplesConservative Political Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Certain bedrock principles - arguably a true conservative mindset - dictate a respect for life. A life-conserving sensibility means that guns are meant for self-defense, not for needless killing. [...] This gun owner is no gun nut; but a right-to-self-defense fanatic.” MeanSelfCertainPrinciplesGunKillingConservativeMindsetDefenseOwnersNutsSensibilityFanaticsSelf DefenseBedrockGun OwnersConserving Author:Ilana Mercer
“The conservatives have already accepted a large part of the collectivist creed-a creed that has governed policy for so long that many of its institutions have come to be accepted as a matter of course and have become a source of pride to "conservative" parties who created them. Here the believer in freedom cannot but conflict with the conservative and take an essentially radical position, directed against popular prejudices, entrenched positions, and firmly established privileges. Follies and abuses are no better for having long been established principles of folly.” LongMatterCoursesPartyPrinciplesPolicyPositionSourcePrideConflictAbusePrejudiceInstitutionsPrivilegeConservativeBelieverAcceptedRadicalFollyCreedsConservative Party Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“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
“Voters never have to question where I stand - my principles or priorities. I am a pro-freedom, pro-America and pro-life conservative.” AmericaPrinciplesConservativePrioritiesVotersPro Life Author:Tim Walberg
“For me, I think being a conservative means you are focused on all four key principles: strong defense, lower taxes, less spending, and defending traditional American values.” ThinkingMeanValuesStrongPrinciplesFourKeysTaxesConservativeFocusedSpendingDefenseTraditionalAmerican Values Author:Jim Jordan
“There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded and consistent defense of freedom unless that defense is rooted in moral principle. In concentrating on the ends of choice, the conservative, by neglecting the conditions of choice, loses that very morality of conduct with which he is so concerned. And the libertarian, by concentrating only on the means, or conditions, of choice and ignoring the ends, throws away an essential moral defense of his own position.” MeanMadeEndsChoicesLosesFreedomResponsibilityLibertyMoralPrinciplesVirtueConditionsPositionIgnoranceMoralityEssentialsConcernedConservativeDefenseLibertarianConsistentNeglectRootedGroundedConcentratingMoral PrinciplesMoral Choices Author:Murray Rothbard
“If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.” PeopleIfsProblemMovingWinningCausesLeadershipPrinciplesCreativitySkillsSticksNotionConservativeSolveEnormousRejectsConsensusNeedlesLeadership SkillsGridlock Author:Jeb Bush
“What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.” PeopleNeedsLeadershipPrinciplesConservative Author:Jeb Bush
“I've got the courage to apply our conservative principles. I can't do it alone. With your help, with God's grace, we can save the idea of America before it's too late.” I CanIdeasHelpingAmericaPrinciplesGraceLateConservativeToo LateGod's GraceBefore It's Too Late Author:Bobby Jindal
“Republicans are already on seriously thin ice, having presided over an era of unprecedented spending and consistently failing to articulate conservative principles on a wide variety of issues. But what Obama has in store will make President Bush appear, in retrospect, like a libertarian.” PresidentPrinciplesIssuesFailingRepublicanConservativeWideSpendingLibertarianStoresIceVarietyErasConsistentlyPresident BushUnprecedentedRetrospect Author:David Limbaugh
“The most basic of conservative principles is that if you reward bad behavior you get more of it.” IfsPrinciplesBehaviorRewardsConservativeBad Behavior Author:Mark Steyn