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Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich is a prominent Republican politician from Georgia, best known for serving as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He played a significant role in the Republican Revolution of the 1990s, leading the party to a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. Gingrich is recognized for his advocacy of conservative policies, including tax reform and welfare reform, and he was a key architect of the 'Contract with America,' which outlined a legislative agenda for the GOP in the 1994 midterm elections.

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Jun 13, 2011

We did this in dealing with the Nazis and we did this in dealing with the communists.

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Jun 13, 2011

I'm not concerned about that. The American people aren't concerned about that. Try covering the speech.

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Jun 12, 2011

And I think having -- if you believe in the Tenth Amendment, you let the states learn from each other. And the right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states.

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Jun 12, 2011

14 million jobs are lost. People are out of jobs. And we need a new president.

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Jun 12, 2011

If you're not prepared to be loyal to the United States, you will not serve in my administration, period.

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Jun 12, 2011

We did this in dealing with the Nazis and we did this in dealing with the communists.

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Jun 12, 2011

Well, first of all, it was a very narrow question, which said, should Republicans impose an unpopular bill on the American people? Now, I supported the Ryan budget as a general proposal. I actually wrote a newsletter supporting the Ryan…

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Jun 12, 2011

If you can't convince the American people it's a good idea, maybe it's not a good idea.

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Jun 8, 2011

I think that -- I think -- I think that that is too big a jump.

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Jun 8, 2011

Well, go -- go talk to Tiffany's. All I'm telling you is, we are very frugal. We in fact live within our budget. We owe nothing.

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Jun 8, 2011

I don't think right- wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate. I think we need a…

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May 18, 2011

Look, I made two mistakes. First of all, if you go back and listen to the question David Gregory asked me, I should have said I'm not going to answer it. It's a hypothetical baloney question that had no hope of happening. The second was…

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May 18, 2011

And, by the way, it was not a reference to Paul Ryan. There was no reference to Paul Ryan in that answer.

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May 18, 2011

I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. I don't think imposing radical change from the right or left is a very good way for a free society to operate.

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May 18, 2011

Look, I made two mistakes. First of all, if you back and listen to the question David Gregory asked me, I should have said I'm not going to answer it. It's a hypothetical baloney question that had no hope of happening.

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May 18, 2011

So let me say on the record, any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood, because I have said publicly, those words were inaccurate and unfortunate.

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May 17, 2011

Newt Gingrich now says he made a mistake when he criticized the Medicare provision of the House Republican budget plan. The GOP presidential candidate called it quote, 'Right-wing social engineering', saying it would impose radical change…

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May 12, 2011

The challenges we face are so large, that it requires leadership of an unusual kind. I don't believe that any one person in the Oval Office can make a decisive difference. I believe there are 300 million Americans who have to be recruited…

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May 12, 2011

The challenges we face are so large that it requires leadership of an unusual kind. I don't believe that any one person in the Oval Office can make a decisive difference. I believe there are 300 million Americans who have to be recruited…

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May 12, 2011

I found that I was so compelled to seek God's forgiveness, not God's understanding but God's forgiveness. And that I do believe in a forgiving God.

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May 12, 2011

There's no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate.

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May 12, 2011

I found that I felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness. Not God's understanding but God's forgiveness. And I do believe in a forgiving God.

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May 10, 2011

He's going to have all the advantages of the mainstream media. He's going to have all the advantages of left-wing billionaires like George Soros.

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