Click here for 27 full quotes from Newt Gingrich in the book Lessons Learned the Hard Way.
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Civil Rights
NEA includes most bizarre & extreme misuse of tax funds.
ACLU has become eccentric and destructive.
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Drugs
Drug-free society focuses on both drug supply & demand.
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Education
Support charters; insist on change for failing schools.
Private scholarships for students at hopeless schools.
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Energy & Oil
Gas tax sounds OK in DC, but not outside Beltway.
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Government Reform
Established systems are inherently hostile to change.
Press plays "gotcha"; limit press briefings.
1995 government shutdown from GOP underestimating Clinton.
1994 GOP victory destroyed bipartisanship.
Elected on anti-corruption platform in 1978.
Government should take management lesson from private sector.
Rethink every aspect of bureaucracy.
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Health Care
Ongoing battle against liberals nationalizing healthcare.
Focus on prevention; would save $14B with diabetes.
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Jobs
Unions focus on politics; corporations on doing business.
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Principles & Values
GOP represents people, but Dems communicate better.
Polls are biased left; GOP wins on the issues.
Baby Boomers becoming Republicans while Dems become outdated.
Liberals exploit weakness; conservatives offer strength.
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Social Security
Show true cost of FICA--double what is shown on paychecks.
Convert to IRA-based system.
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Tax Reform
Opposing taxes is a key conservative value.
Input of public judgement for any major tax reform.
EITC is an invitation to fraud.
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Technology
Statistical adjustment of census begets political adjustment.
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Welfare & Poverty
Reach majority by better ideas, not by handing out goodies.
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