Newt Gingrich
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.Collection: Work
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.Collection: Learning
The government shut down 12 times under Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill. It was only shut down twice while I was speaker.Collection: Government
You can't trust anybody with power.Collection: Trust
People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust.Collection: Forgiveness
I clearly have done things that were wrong. I've clearly had to seek God's forgiveness.Collection: Forgiveness
Only the elites despise earning money.Collection: Money
I discourage a cult of personality.Collection: Politics
I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.Collection: Politics
I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.Collection: Leadership
Until someone is prepared to lay out the systemic problem, we will simply go through cycles of finding corruption, finding a scapegoat, eliminating the scapegoat, and relaxing until we find the next scandal.
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.
The values of the Left cripple human beings, weaken cities, make it difficult for us to in fact survive as a country.
I don't know of a single economist who disagrees that when you raise the minimum wage, you kill jobs for the poor.
Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.
More than just a zoo, the Animal Kingdom is an extraordinary experience of animals, rides and performances. The exhibits have the scale and creativity you associate with Disney. The African safari ride is terrific and worth riding several times.
My style is to stay on the offensive: to take risks, to recover very fast when you make a mistake, but to keep moving forward.
The most important social welfare program in America is a job.
The Central Park Zoo is a little gem in the middle of the city. Its penguin exhibit is terrific, and the seals are a permanent center of attraction for children.
People like me are what stand between us and Auschwitz.
I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America.
Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable.
Cincinnati has one of the most diverse animal collections in the world, with more than 500 species represented. They also have a really good insect exhibit.
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.
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.
If you're not brave, you're not going to be free.
I'm going to be the nominee. It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee.
Islamic extremism may well be the greatest threat to Western values and Western security in the world.
Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration?
Whether it's his beloved game of polo or his magical success in business, Norman Brinker simply does not know how to lose.
A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.
In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.
The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.
You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate.
What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
We're all human and we all goof. Do things that may be wrong, but do something.
If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.
An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job.
Frankly, Governor Romney in his career has created more jobs than the entire Obama cabinet combined, so he could actually talk about it.
President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.
Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union.
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.
Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural?
It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.
In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated.
The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.
I believe we will elect a new President in 2012.
We don't we agree that litigation reform to lower the cost of healthcare would be a good starting point?
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.
And my point was one I think that you'd agree with, which is there's no room in America for a black racist, a Latino racist, or a white racist, or an Asian racist, or a Native American racist. Now, we're either color blind or we're not color blind.