“Republicans in San Francisco tend to be socially pretty liberal. They're all for gay rights but they're fiscally conservative and Willie Brown can deliver on that.”

“I'm a conservative Republican, ... We need to support President Bush 's agenda. ... We have to have a culture that respects life, that respects the unborn.”

“My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly.”

“The Conservative Party agenda is now renegotiation on the route to withdrawal from Europe, by contrast with a Labour agenda for increased trade, prosperity and opportunity across the EU.”

“Remember, the Democratic Party used to be a coalition of Northern liberals and Southern conservatives - and we lost that. I think here's a chance to start to win that back.”

“Conservation payments are discretionary spending that Congress can either appropriate or not or spend it for anything they want to. We have to be very careful to protect mandatory spending.”

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

“Civil liberties groups, conservative groups, immigration groups ? we've all been saying that Real ID will be a real disaster and needs to be revisited by Congress.”

“I'm open, I'm honest, I'm experienced in business. I'm experienced on the City Council, I'm experienced on the County Board. And I'm fiscally conservative.”

How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics.