A Quote by John Engler

I'm a compassionate conservative.

John Engler

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John Engler
American - Politician
Born: October 12, 1948

In many ways, Nixon started the modern notion of 'compassionate conservatism,' which as we all know is neither 'compassionate' nor 'conservative.'

Monica Crowley

I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.

Charlie Crist

Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should guide the Democratic alternative: compassionate deficit reduction.

Christina Romer

I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative to insist on responsibility and results. And with this hopeful approach, we will make a real difference in people's lives.

George W. Bush

I'm definitely a Tory. My dad was a Conservative councillor, and I spent years as a child knocking on doors with him. I'm a Tory because I'm passionate about business and enterprise. But I am also a compassionate Conservative. There should always be a net through which no one should fall.

Samantha Cameron

Compassionate conservative soft bigotry of low expectations.

George W. Bush

Compassionate conservative, that's like having a gun rack on a Volvo.

Robin Williams

Once the law, properly enacted, is routinely ignored, and ignored with the blessing and the promotion of the political class, then you have a breakdown of organized society. And there is nothing compassionate about what's happening to the people of Arizona. There is nothing compassionate about the violation of private property rights. There is nothing compassionate about the abuse of the taxpayer. There is nothing compassionate about the closing of schools and hospitals. Nothing at all compassionate about increased drug trafficking and crime. Nothing compassionate about that at all.

Rush Limbaugh

Compassionate conservative. I don't know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

Robin Williams

'Sympathy for the Devil' is just another way of saying 'Compassionate Conservative'.

Stephen Colbert

A compassionate conservative is someone who electrocutes juveniles but lets them have a last 'make a wish'.

Garrison Keillor

It's great that we've got a compassionate conservative, but to me, that sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

Robin Williams

If we're going to win in 2016, we need a consistent conservative: someone who has been a fiscal conservative, a social conservative, a national security conservative.

Ted Cruz

I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.

Sam Brownback

I think in any organisation it's right to set out what you stand for, what you're fighting for and bring that together in one document so that people can see that the modern compassionate Conservative Party is in it for everybody - not just the rich

David Cameron

Building a more compassionate society is going to be a bilateral exercise between individuals and the brands that represent their aspirations, their values and their truths. People make brands. If people are compassionate, brands will be compassionate in return.

Monica Lewinsky

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