Fiscal Conservatism Quotes & Sayings

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. — Calvin Coolidge

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C. — Kristi Noem

When the Republican Party is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism then clearly I would argue that we've lost our way. — Bobby Jindal

I don't understand how the Republican party is the party with the reputation for fiscal conservatism and fiscal sanity, when they're the ones who run up the debt. It was Reagan who ran up the debt and now Bush is doing it again, and in between, Clinton and Bush's father, I must say, worked so hard to get that deficit and that debt down. — Bill Maher

Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997. — Leonard Lance

"Moderate" Republicans such as Arnold Schwarzenegger like to boast that they're fiscal conservatives and social liberals. But the social liberalism always ends up burying the fiscal conservatism. — Mark Steyn

Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient. — P. J. O'Rourke

Leaders should not just talk about - but walk the walk of - fiscal conservatism. — Michael Enzi

I think, any politician, you have to hold them to their word. And conservatives run on fiscal conservatism. — Chris Matthews