Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?
For conservative leaders, making candidates pay them court, publicly and ostentatiously, is a colossal source of their symbolic power before their followers. It's kabuki theater, mostly.
I wonder if liberal kids call liberal talk shows and ask how to get along in a conservative teacher's class? No. No. It doesn't happen, 'cause there's no thought of getting along.
I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.
I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.
I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.
Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments.
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency.
I think one of the most threatening places to be in politics is a black conservative because there are so many liberals who want to continue to reinforce a stereotype that doesn't exist about America.
There's a gray area between Conservative and Orthodox people, for whom you don't screw around with the mezuzah, you don't mess with the holy melodies.
I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.
I was very politicized always. I was very conservative politically, because I'd seen what the communists did to my country.
A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
Voters never have to question where I stand - my principles or priorities. I am a pro-freedom, pro-America and pro-life conservative.
We need to do more to conserve fuel or face tougher choices such as steep price increase or even quantitative restrictions.
Television is generally on the conservative side, so if you're seeing it represented on TV, that probably means it's really out there in the real world.
I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.
I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.
A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.
There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.
