1997 Quote by Christopher Hitchens

Newt Gingrich would cream Barack Obama in a debate.

— Monica Crowley

“...anyone wishing to hold office will be disqualified from being a candidate based on his desire to hold office.”

— Edward M. Wolfe

“Um, yeah. For instance, take, you know, take, for instance, the issue of -- I'm drawing a blank, and I hate it when I…

— Mark Sanford

Newt Gingrich gave voice to something that was said throughout this campaign from Democrats and Republicans.

— Chuck Todd

“I hereby state, and mean all that I say, that I never have been and never will be a candidate for President; that if…

— William Tecumseh Sherman

“Clinton, after all, was not the candidate of those who wanted to see a shift in policy or direction.”

— Jared Yates Sexton

“In politics, if you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman”

— Margaret Thatcher

“I am President of all the people, good, bad, or indifferent, and as long as my opinions are known, ought perhaps to keep myself…

— Grover Cleveland

“If you think all these terrible things about Obama, he asked the woman, how can you possibly be undecided? Because if McCain dies, Palin…

— John Heilemann

“Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.”

— Peter Prange

“I guess if you were going to do something so stupid as to be president, you would want to go for something big.” “I…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

He's not a bold decision maker like Newt Gingrich is. Every time I talk to him, he says 'well let me think about it.'

— Sheldon Adelson