Ed Gillespie Quotes

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

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

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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.

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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.

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• I don’t think we’re as divided as many in the elite would have us believe.

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• I don’t believe we’re the party of big business.

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

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• I believe we’re the party of small business.

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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.

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

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• Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.

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

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• But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didn’t 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.

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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.

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Birth:	15th August, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Political Strategist

About

Edward W. Gillespie is an American Republican political strategist who served as the 61st Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Counselor to the President in the George W. Bush administration. Gillespie, along with Democrat Jack Quinn, founded Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan lobbying firm. Gillespie is also the founder of Ed Gillespie Strategies, a strategic consulting firm that provides high-level advice to companies and CEOs, coalitions, and trade associations.

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