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A liberal conservative is a man who thinks things ought to progress but would rather they remained as they are. — James Fitzjames Stephen

I was a severely conservative Republican governor. — Mitt Romney

She was old and crankily conservative in the way only old liberals could be. — John Scalzi

The Conservative Party is a tax cutting party or it is nothing. — John Redwood

The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever. — Amanda Beard

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all Americans. — Francine Busby

If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful. — Laura Schlessinger

A radical thinks two and two makes five. A liberal is more conservative. he knows two and two make four, but he's unhappy about it. — Herbert V. Prochnow

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government. — Alan Green

He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. — G.K. Chesterton

In a conservative society, stability and order were far more important than freedom of expression. — Karen Armstrong

I'm actually quite conservative. — Peta Wilson

The man for whom the law exists - the man of forms, the conservative - is a tame man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist. — Eleanor Roosevelt

The Canada we know and love will not survive another four years of Stephen Harper and his Conservative government. — Mel Hurtig

The only way you can ever accuse a Conservative of hypocrisy is if they walk past a homeless person without kicking him in the face. — Jeremy Hardy

I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans. — Caitlyn Jenner

As a prominent conservative told me that year, "We need to go out into the wilderness for a long time, and figure out how we can one day return. — Azadeh Moaveni

Fiscally I'm very conservative ... others say that I'm socially moderate. — Brian Sandoval

In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik. — Howard Baker

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. — Leonard Bernstein

I prefer to think of it as burning down their crops. [when asked why he - a fervent anti-Communist - smoked Cuban cigars] — Alexander Meigs Haig Jr.

I so rarely have the chance to field-test anything. Amelie is so conservative about these things -Myrnin — Rachel Caine

The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt. — Henry Adams

The conservative Republican governors tend to be more oriented toward trying to work with Democrats and getting things done. — William J. Clinton

I'm a compassionate conservative. — John Engler

This is the same reason I listen to a lot of uber-conservative Republican radio. Because I want to know what is on the minds of my enemies. — Jenny Lawson

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.' — Benjamin Disraeli

Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party. — William Hague

I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.' — Mike Huckabee

I'm still a fiscal conservative, and I'm inclined to pay down debt. — Jim Flaherty

I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my leadership it will. — Theresa May

The fundamental question is is the Conservative Party leadable — Michael Heseltine

Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal. — Randall Robinson

It's time for conservative Americans to do what Reagan did. — Mike Pence

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative! — David Miliband

I am a conservative, but I am not a zombie. — Glenn Beck

His true intention becomes clear by the choice of people he interviewed: every one of them a conservative apologist! — Robert M. Price

I'd rather take advice from my valet than from the Conservative Party Conference — Arthur Balfour

I'm a Reagan conservative. Reagan did negotiate with the Soviets. But you have to negotiate from a position of strength. — Rand Paul

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. — Mike Pence

I'm a conservative and I believe if you tax something more you get less of it. — John Barrasso

I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider. — Madonna Ciccone

I've always been extremely conservative, but I've never been mean-spirited. — Matt Salmon

I come from very conservative parents, and we weren't particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable. — Richard C. Armitage

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy. — Winston Churchill

They're convinced that the more conservative you are the more orthodox you are. They're more Catholic than the Pope. — Michael D. O'Brien

This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies. — Calvin Coolidge

I'm an honest, hardworking conservative leader who will stand up to Washington and fight for Nebraska. — Deb Fischer

As a fiscal conservative, I think that our government should pay for itself. — Daniel Keys Moran

I'm a real conservative. I never became a hippie, or a groupie. I never wore flowers in my hair. — Brigid Berlin

Don't be cool. Cool is conservative fear dressed in black. — Bruce Mau

The Blue Dogs are a group of conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives. — Jim Matheson

...the most important thing you must remember when dealing with a politically biased professor is to be friendly. — Lee Doren

[Conservatism is] a fight for keeping these qualities that made us move unceasingly. — Janusz Korwin-Mikke

You may boo, you may turn your back, but I have devoted my life to the conservative cause. — Gresham Barrett

Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man. — Clarence Darrow

The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side. — Theodore Roosevelt

Being a conservative on campus is like bing a goat amongst the taliban. You are never safe. — Greg Gutfeld

I'm more boring and more conservative. — John Malkovich

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. — Leo Rosten

Strong religious identities survive and thrive. But more than ever before, even in their most conservative iterations, they are chosen. — Krista Tippett

I come to the table from a conservative or libertarian point of view, and I admit that. I'm a commentator. I'm not a journalist or anything else. — Glenn Beck

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog. — George Will

My goal has always been to figure out how we can advance the conservative cause. — John Cornyn

He'd never considered sweet and conservative to be so hot, but damn, Emma wore it well. — Jami Davenport

I think I can capture the taste buds of the average right-wing conservative who loves barbecue. — Bobby Seale

When you have very lax parents, you tend to get more conservative kids. — Hanya Yanagihara

I believe the default position in life is liberalism. You have to work at being a Conservative. — Josh Bernstein

Conservative ideas don't just sound good. They actually work. That's the secret of our success. — Bobby Jindal

Opposing taxes is a key conservative value. — Newt Gingrich

I'm probably the most uptight, conservative person you'll meet. I'm very religious. — Danielle Steel

While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career. — Christy Romano

responsible, reserved, conservative, grounded, perfectionist, analytical — Felicity Keith

A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine. — N. T. Wright

So I'm a pretty conservative fellow, but not conservative enough for the Tea Party. — Bob Inglis

My dad was an FBI agent. My mom and dad were straight arrow types, and I had a conservative, suburban Orange County upbringing. — Steve Breen

It's always better to be conservative in action. One must always consider the dangers in the world. — Frederick Lenz

Liberal and conservative have lost their meaning in America. I represent the distracted center. — Jon Stewart

I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments. — George Osborne

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. — Winston Churchill

The country has become much more conservative, partly because it's been taken over by the religious right. — Bill Maher

The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution. — William E. Gladstone

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him. — Ernest Bevin

You can not be a conservative if you're going to keep promoting new programs that you're not going to pay for. — Rand Paul

Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals. — Philip Yancey

Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational art. — Kate Braverman

The problem is not just liberal extremism or conservative extremism. The problem is extremism. — Flavil R. Yeakley Jr.

Starting and feeding into the cultural war is absolutely unequivocally wrong for us as a nation and bad for the conservative movement. — Tim Scott

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. — John Bolton

A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal. — Frank Dane

Senator Goldwater would have been a great success in the movies - working for 18th century Fox. — Hubert H. Humphrey

I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago. — Tom Morello

Youth is almost invariably liberal, age conservative. Adopt — Charlotte M. Brame

Sensible. Conservative and sensible and mature and *wrong*. Very much in character with Joanne. — Octavia E. Butler

I've got money so I'm a Conservative. — Roy Thomson

I was never a very convincing social conservative, and always avoided associating myself with that part of the broader conservative movement. — Niall Ferguson

I know a couple of my friends - quite a few - there is a conservative movement in Hollywood, and we kind of stay amongst ourselves. — Robert Davi

These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist. — Jane Russell