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Former U.S. Representative

Newt Gingrich is a former U.S. Representative from Georgia and the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1995 to 1999. He is recognized for his conservative political stance and his leadership in the Republican Revolution of 1994.

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“Ongoing battle against liberals nationalizing healthcare.”

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“Focus on prevention; would save $14B with diabetes.”

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“GOP represents people, but Dems communicate better.”

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“Polls are biased left; GOP wins on the issues.”

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“Baby Boomers becoming Republicans while Dems become outdated.”

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“Liberals exploit weakness; conservatives offer strength.”

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“Show true cost of FICA-double what is shown on paychecks.”

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“Convert to IRA-based system.”

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“Opposing taxes is a key conservative value.”

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“Input of public judgement for any major tax reform.”

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“EITC is an invitation to fraud.”

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“Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with the money?”

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“If you want to see why President Obama is worried this November, watch The Hope and the Change.”

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“Drill here, drill now, pay less.”

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“I want to make sure every House Republican is protected from some kind of dishonest, Democratic edge. So, let me say on the record: any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood.”

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“The folks who want to build this mosque, who are really radical Islamists, who want to triumphfully prove they can build a mosque next to a place where 3,000 Americans were killed by radical Islamists. Those folks don't have any interest in reaching out to the community. They're trying to make a case about supremacy... This happens all the time in America. Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. We would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor.”

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“It may just be because I get homesick, but I have concluded Washington's cherry blossoms are just plain overrated.”

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“We've had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance to go many places. And for a variety of political reasons we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940's, and I think it's tragic.”

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“Under our [constitutional system] - either we're going to have to rethink our Constitution, or we're going to have to rethink our process of decision-making.”

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“The American challenge in leading the world is compounded by our Constitution.”

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“I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system, much like we did with sulfur, and if you have a tax-incentive program for investing in the solutions, that there's a package there that's very, very good.”

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“The fact is that a liberal Democrat doesn't want to talk about ideology because they don't want to explain publicly what they're really doing.”

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“As a citizen, I would rather have a President McCain that we fight with 20% of the time, than a President Clinton or a President Obama that we fight with 90% of the time.”

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“Change is healthy and useful. It has to be fought for most of the time. It's not inevitable. It takes real leadership and real effort. But I think it's really important not to take yourself too seriously. Dwight Eisenhower used to have a rule that you should always take your job seriously but not yourself.”

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Born: June 17, 1943
Known for: Former U.S. Representative
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