Critical Quote by John Podhoretz

Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself.

— John Podhoretz

Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.

— Maurice Sendak

I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.

— Bob Dole

But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what he's brilliant at. He can't still…

— John Podhoretz

“Newt Gingrich, Reagan reflected, had never in his life fit properly into a suit. He still looked like the fat, despised, teacher’s-pet, suck-up junior…

— John Barnes

Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he's always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics,…

— Gary Bauer

That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at anyone is…

— Henry Rollins

I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.

— Rick Perry

Newt Gingrich is an incredible leader. He is a leader of our time, and he's going to lead us into the future. And we're…

— Tom DeLay

We're quick to describe politicians whose views we find extreme or whose behavior seems odd as 'crazy,' and perhaps anyone who runs for president…

— Jacob Weisberg

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.

— Al Franken

“He (Newt Gingrich as a freshman congressman) was both passionate about his goals and coldly analytical in his means.”

— Thomas E. Mann