What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.

Quote by Newt Gingrich

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You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention;...

You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention;...

You can't trust anybody with power.

You can't trust anybody with power.

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than...

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than...

Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I...

Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I...

I discourage a cult of personality.

I discourage a cult of personality.

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford...

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford...

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

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

An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it...

An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it...

I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment.

I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment.

Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would...

Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would...

I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's...

I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's...

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or...

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or...

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that...

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that...

A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented...

A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented...

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has...

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has...

Part of why the Tea Party so deeply threatened the elite media is the tea...

Part of why the Tea Party so deeply threatened the elite media is the tea...

Frankly, Governor Romney in his career has created more jobs than the entire Obama cabinet...

Frankly, Governor Romney in his career has created more jobs than the entire Obama cabinet...

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to...

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to...

If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with...

If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with...