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Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Karl Rove, born on December 25, 1950, is an American political advisor and former Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House. He played a significant role in George W. Bush's presidency, profoundly influencing policy-making and election strategies during his tenure.

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Famous Karl Rove Quotes

“If you make a mistake, clean it up quicker rather than later.”

Ifs Mistake Clean

Author:Karl Rove

“Guy got in a gyrocopter in Gettysburg, flew under the radar all the way to Washington and came - What if he had had rather than petitions to Congress had had a bomb?”

Ifs Way Guy Congress Bombs What If Flew Radar Petitions Gettysburg

Author:Karl Rove

“There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach every child to learn how to read and, incidentally, if you fail to do that there's no consequence,' .. There has to be a consequence to failure, and the Title I money needs to follow the child.”

Ifs Want Needs Children School Cities Teach Failing Consequence Titles Inner City

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“Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal.”

Ifs Want Wells Important Culture Ought Ideals Aim Decent Hopeful Our Society

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“If you decide to become a political actor, then the things that you say and you do become subject of public scrutiny and comment.”

Ifs Political Actors Subjects Comment Scrutiny

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“If you are wealthy and can hire enough accountants and attorneys, you can find ways around the code. It's fundamentally not fair. It wastes a lot of time and energy and effort to comply with it. It doesn't encourage savings and investment. And we need to simply it and make it more fair.”

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“If we're going to have a strong and dynamic economy in the years ahead, we need to tackle some of the structural challenges that our economy faces and the tax code is one of the biggest.”

Ifs Needs Years Faces Strong Challenges Economy Taxes Code

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“Our health-care issues is another big structural drag. All of these need to be dealt with if we're going to keep the American economy the most dynamic and flexible in the world.”

Ifs World Needs Bigs Care Economy Issues Health Care Drag Flexible American Economy

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“To be able to compete, we've got to improve our education system, our litigation environment, our tax code, our health system and our trading policies if we're going to be as strong economically in the years ahead.”

Ifs Years Able Strong Environment Policy Taxes Code Trading Education System Health System

Author:Karl Rove

“'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.”

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“I mean, if you have to wake up in the morning to be validated by the editorial page of the New York Times, you got a pretty sorry existence.”

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“I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.”

Ifs Thinking Individual Colleagues

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“If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is.”

Ifs Knows Want Administration Leaks

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“If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.”

Ifs Want Politics Candidates Diminish American Politics Foils

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“I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.”

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Author:Karl Rove

“If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not sophisticated. It's not like these people have read the economist Friedrich August von Hayek.”

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Author:Karl Rove

“If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed.”

Ifs Politics Republican African American Doomed Latino

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“Now is the time to be bold. It is easy when the wind is at your back. But the real test is now when the wind is in our face. That's when we find out if we are tough enough. Inspired enough, committed enough.”

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“Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.”

Ifs Winning President Loses Smart Dumb Being Smart

Author:Karl Rove

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Born: December 25, 1950
Known for: Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Quotes: 101

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