“We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.”
Future
“Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.”
ExperienceAll Quotes by Newt Gingrich
“Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.”
Politics“You can't trust anybody with power.”
Power“It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.”
Government“In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.”
History“President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.”
Food“I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual I'm too abstract I think too much.”
Leadership“The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.”
Government“I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as we were deeply opposed to the Taliban destroying the two historic buddhas which they blew up. So I think we ought to all oppose burning the Koran.”
Respect“Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.”
Experience“Only the elites despise earning money.”
Money“I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office.”
Nature“I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century.”
Family“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
Politics“The secular elites are so terrified of telling the truth about radical Islam. When you talk about the radical Islamists, we have got to get straight and get serious and talk about it in the right way.”
Truth“So I'd be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. I'd let him use a teleprompter. I'll just rely on knowledge. We'll do fine.”
Knowledge“The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.”
Money“My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I'm going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results.”
Future“A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.”
Freedom“One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.”
Morning