Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

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Politician and wordsmith — Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) is an American voice whose observations cut across disciplines. Whether reflecting on Government or Politics, Newt Gingrich brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 30 quotes by Newt Gingrich that cover ground from Government, Politics, Truth, Money, and History. A favorite of many readers: "Politics and war are remarkably similar situations."

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Experience

All Quotes by Newt Gingrich

“The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.”

— Newt Gingrich

Government

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Food

“Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.”

— Newt Gingrich

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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Truth

“The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.”

— Newt Gingrich

Money

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Morning

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Knowledge

“I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual I'm too abstract I think too much.”

— Newt Gingrich

Leadership

“In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.”

— Newt Gingrich

History

“It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.”

— Newt Gingrich

Government

“We tried to have diplomas without learning, we tried to have jobs without work, we tried to have houses without savings, we tried to have government without responsibility.”

— Newt Gingrich

Government

“Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.”

— Newt Gingrich

Government

“A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.”

— Newt Gingrich

Freedom

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”

— Newt Gingrich

Politics

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Nature

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Future

“You can't trust anybody with power.”

— Newt Gingrich

Power

“Only the elites despise earning money.”

— Newt Gingrich

Money

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Respect

“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.”

— Newt Gingrich

Future