Quotes About Values

You know me: I've been a lifelong Republican.

I think the issue that is really going to hurt the Republican Party is the right-to-life issue. I think they have painted themselves into a real corner.

I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.

It is not about Republicanism, it's about conservatism.

We're not Democrats first. We're not Republicans first. We're Americans first. We're patriots first.

The Republicans have long had a platform of being pro-life. And I'm someone that believes life begins at conception and should be protected.

I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.

I didn't know my Dad - he moved out early. And my mom's politics were kind of hardscrabble. She didn't think about Democrats or Republicans. She thought about who made sense. I've been both in my life.

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

My parents are Republicans, and I'm not.

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.

What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.

Well, I'm like most Americans, we don't vote by party, we both by the person because a person is bigger than the party, which is why sometimes the Democrats get in and sometimes the Republicans get in.

My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed.

I believe that we are missing a great opportunity. We as Republicans are not really emphasizing what brings us together, and that's conservative values: love of the country. Love of family. Personal responsibility. Hard work. Optimism. Those are the things that we should be communicating to Latinos, and we're doing that very poorly.

I think to the extent Republicans depart from the historic commitment, we do so at our peril.

I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk.

I come from a family that hunted. I know how to hunt, but I don't do it.

I grew up hunting and fishing, as did my family. But then I served in the military.

My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.

Someone once asked, 'What is the difference between me and Saddam Hussein?' The answer is, 'I have a conscience and he doesn't.'

I abhor hypocrisy.