Ed Gillespie Quotes

• Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.

  Ed Gillespie

  College, Texas, Republican

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• I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Thinking, Today

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• Politics swings like a pendulum.

  Ed Gillespie

  Swings, Pendulums

  "Frontline" Interview, www.pbs.org. April 12, 2005.

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• I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality.

  Ed Gillespie

  Mean, People, And Love

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• The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Past, Years

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• When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.

  Ed Gillespie

  Moving, Self, September 11

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• We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.

  Ed Gillespie

  Maybe Tomorrow, Office, President

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• The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.

  Ed Gillespie

  Home, African American, Today

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• If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

  Ed Gillespie

  People, Littles, States

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• I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.

  Ed Gillespie

  Thinking, People, Firsts

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• I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Men, Proud

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• When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in.

  Ed Gillespie

  Morning, Volunteer, Campaigns

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• Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Thinking, Republican

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• If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.

  Ed Gillespie

  Leadership, Running, Strong

  "Nader to run for president as independent", www.cnn.com. February 22, 2004.

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• Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

  Ed Gillespie

  Running, Wife, Congress

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• I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate.

  Ed Gillespie

  Past, Years, Political

  Interview with PBS, www.pbs.org.

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• George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

  Ed Gillespie

  President, Great Presidents, Candidates

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• And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.

  Ed Gillespie

  America, Interesting, President

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• Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.

  Ed Gillespie

  Running, Party, Years

  Interview with PBS, www.pbs.org.

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• I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.

  Ed Gillespie

  Believe, Passion, People

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• People like passion in politics.

  Ed Gillespie

  Passion, People

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• The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election.

  Ed Gillespie

  Party, Election, Democratic

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• I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.

  Ed Gillespie

  Thinking, Impact, Texas

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• So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

  Ed Gillespie

  Leadership, Strong, War

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• But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didnt just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton; that we wanted to tell the country what we were for and to brand ourselves in a more positive manner.

  Ed Gillespie

  Country, Thinking, House

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