“I think in Washington we have bigger issues than people being outraged by somebody else's tweet. They need to look themselves in the mirror and figure out whether they're serving the country or they're serving their party or their own interests.” PeopleThinkingCountryInterestPartyTweetOutraged Author:John Kasich
“You don't put an animal in the corner without the animal striking back, you don't put a politician in the corner and without them expecting to strike back at you.” AnimalPoliticianExpecting Author:John Kasich
“A lot of politicians now, here's what they're worried about. If you're a Democrat you're worried about your base on the left, and if you're a Republican you're worried about your base on the right.” PoliticianRepublicanDemocratWorried Author:John Kasich
“You give up a lot to be in politics. And if you're not there to change the world I don't know what you're there for. I mean, it doesn't make any sense to me.” WorldGivingMeanGiving UpChanging The World Author:John Kasich
“You can't go home and look at your plaques at the end of the day, because every politician has like a million plaques on their wall. OK? You don't go home and look at - you don't get anything for that. And you can't go home and say, boy, I really served the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. You want to go home and, you know, Fourth of July, you know, any of these special holidays that recognize our country, you want to feel like you've built a stronger nation, which means you helped build the people and put them in a stronger place where everyone's lifted.” PeopleMeanCountryHomePartyBoysSpecialLike YouWallPoliticianRepublicanStrongerDemocraticHolidayRepublican PartyDemocratic Party Author:John Kasich
“Do you think that I like to have to fight the leaders in my own party over this or that? Of course not. There's no joy in that. But John Kennedy may have said it best - sometimes my party asks too much.” ThinkingSometimesJoyFightingPartyLeader Author:John Kasich
“One of the things we've learned about Donald Trump is he totally obsessed by the media. He is like the media critic-in-chief. He watches more cable news than people who work in cable news do. And he's extremely thin skinned about it.” PeopleObsessed Author:Ramesh Ponnuru
“I meet with ambassadors from all countries in my role as a member of Congress, and you always have better relationships with those you actually personally get along with. That matters. So if there is chemistry between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, maybe that can bode for something.” CountryChemistry Author:Adam Kinzinger
“I think Donald Trump needs to be very clear to Vladimir Putin. Let's try to discover areas we can work together. That's fine. We're two a world power. They're a great power arguably. But at the same time we're not going to give any ground. We have to defend our NATO allies.” ThinkingWorldGivingTryingTogetherWorking TogetherGreat PowerNato Author:Adam Kinzinger
“Donald Trumo is the fourth president Vladimir Putin is going to have worked with, OK? Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Trump. He respects toughness. He doesn't respect weakness. He decided, rightly or wrongly, that Obama was not a tough guy. And the question is whether or not Trump acts tough. We know he can. Right? We don't know whether he will.” GuyPresidentWeaknessToughClintonToughnessTough Guy Author:Peter Baker