Newt Gingrich Quotes
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The genius of guys like Lincoln and Reagan and FDR - the great communicator leaders - is that they're actually educators, so they understand when they use a phrase that they have to explain it, because, by definition, you won't understand it or they wouldn't need to be using it.
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If you import a commercial quantity of illegal drugs, it is because you have made the personal decision that you are prepared to get rich by destroying our children. I have made the decision that I love our children enough that we will kill you if you do this.
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I think you can write a psychological profile of me that says I found a way to immerse my insecurities in a cause large enough to justify whatever I wanted it to.
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Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.
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There is no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about my country, that I worked far too hard and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate.
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It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.
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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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I believe we will elect a new President in 2012.
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Philosophically, I am very different from normal politicians, and normal consultants found that very hard to deal with.
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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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The most important social welfare program in America is a job.
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We have big ideas. I just think that's part of how you campaign. You talk to the American people about big things.
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I clearly have done things that were wrong. I've clearly had to seek God's forgiveness.