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200 quotes from Newt Gingrich
“Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 1990
PBS FRONTLINE archive
“We had legislation for every single item in the Contract.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 2026   •   Gingrich describing preparations behind the Contract with America.
PBS — Center Ring
“I never ask people to be for me.”
— Newt Gingrich
September 29, 2011   •   Gingrich describing his approach to supporters during his presidential campaign.
American Presidency Project
“He had the facts.”
— Newt Gingrich
June 1, 2017   •   Gingrich's assessment of Jeff Sessions' testimony.
Fox News Hannity
“Anybody willing to stand up for Trump is a target.”
— Newt Gingrich
April 24, 2017   •   Gingrich's characterization of political and media opposition to Trump supporters.
Fox News Hannity
“This is not politics as usual.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 1995
Public remarks as Speaker
“We have a Contract with America.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 1994   •   Referring to the Republican congressional campaign platform.
Republican campaign remarks
“This is about Joe Biden.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 1, 2020   •   Gingrich discussing allegations involving the Biden family.
Fox News
“Trump was never acceptable to Manhattan elites.”
— Newt Gingrich
April 2, 2024   •   Gingrich discussing Trump's background and relationship with New York elites.
PBS FRONTLINE
“He's learning.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 2026   •   Gingrich discussing Donald Trump's transition from businessman to political candidate.
Public interview
“The CDC is ruining its reputation as a serious institution.”
— Newt Gingrich
May 11, 2021   •   Gingrich criticizing CDC guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fox News The Ingraham Angle
“I am a genuine revolutionary.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 1990   •   Gingrich describing his approach to changing Congress and the political establishment.
PBS FRONTLINE archive
“You are the reason we survived every effort of the establishment to stop us.”
— Newt Gingrich
March 6, 2012
Super Tuesday speech
“Lower taxes for more entrepreneurial job creation.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 2026   •   Gingrich describing the economic philosophy behind the Contract with America.
PBS — Commanding Heights
“Who's going to believe Fauci?”
— Newt Gingrich
May 11, 2021   •   Gingrich criticizing changing public-health guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fox News The Ingraham Angle
“They instruct him when to leave.”
— Newt Gingrich
August 1, 2021   •   Gingrich arguing that the Taliban had dictated the timetable surrounding the final U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Fox News — The Ingraham Angle
“The establishment never understood Trump.”
— Newt Gingrich
April 2, 2024   •   Gingrich discussing Trump's relationship with political institutions and elites.
PBS FRONTLINE
“It gave us a positive anchor to the campaign.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 2026   •   Gingrich explaining the political value of the Contract with America.
PBS — Center Ring
“There are a number of Republicans who don't get it.”
— Newt Gingrich
June 1, 2017
Fox News Hannity
“I don't think it has ever been in all of American history.”
— Newt Gingrich
August 1, 2021   •   Gingrich arguing that Biden had caused extraordinary damage during the Afghanistan withdrawal. This was his political assessment.
Fox News — The Ingraham Angle