American - Politician | June 17, 1943 -
The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.
Newt Gingrich
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You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate.
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What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
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Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.
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We're all human and we all goof. Do things that may be wrong, but do something.
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I discourage a cult of personality.
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If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.
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I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.
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You can't trust anybody with power.
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Frankly, Governor Romney in his career has created more jobs than the entire Obama cabinet combined, so he could actually talk about it.
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President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.
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Part of why the Tea Party so deeply threatened the elite media is the tea party looked around and suddenly realized, there are more of us than there are of them.
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