Newt Gingrich Quotes

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government.

I think that, especially among conservatives, there's a clear understanding that there are three legs to the conservative stool. There are the free-market economics conservatives, the social conservatives, and the national-security conservatives.

You know, I like to think that I will subscribe very much to the core Republican principles of small government. Making a small number of rules and getting out of the way. Keeping taxes low. Creating an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive.

The country is increasingly culturally conservative, with a small C. Every time marriage is on the ballot, it passes. People are increasingly pro-life. They don't like taxes.

I've had a very long career of being conservative.

I am a fiscal conservative.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

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.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

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

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.

I'm an independent conservative. And what I mean by that - when I think we're right, I'm with us all the way, and I am a conservative. And I think my record reflects that.

I'm a conservative. I believe in the idea of freedom and liberty, but more importantly, look at my voting background. I voted against bailing out Wall Street. I voted against, never voted for, a tax increase.

The Republican Party is either going to return to the party of fiscal responsibility and consistent conservative principles as it was under Ronald Reagan, or it will continue down the path of 'sporadic moderation.'

I'm honored to have the endorsement of FreedomWorks. I look forward to earning the individual support of the grassroots conservatives who make up the heart and soul of this organization that has done so much to promote freedom and pro-growth fiscal policies.

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

To all of you who are Republicans of long standing, I hope you appreciate that I always tried to stand for conservative values.

Hey, well, I've been a pretty conservative member of congress.

You get married and have kids, and you get sick of having the government take your money and tell you what to do. I'm just a conservative guy.

It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again.

I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative.

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

I don't just say I'm conservative. I have boot leather to my gospel.

The role of a conservative is not to pass laws but to repeal them.