Roger Stone Quotes

• Young Republicans are a very, very important constituency. Along with little old ladies, they provide the foot soldiers for the Republican Party.

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• You can’t wake up one day and say ‘I’m for gay marriage,’ and wake up the next day and say ‘I’m against it.’ Wake up one day and say, ‘I’m pro-choice,’ and the next day wake up and say, ‘I’m pro-life.’ There’s no credibility there.

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• You can’t be the candidate and the campaign manager.

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• Unless you can fake sincerity, you’ll get nowhere in this business.

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• Traditionally, Young Republicans have been a leading indicator of the direction of the party.

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• Those who are outraged will vote.

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• There are more dog owners in America than there are conservatives.

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• The reason I’m a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.

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• The general election is not an organizational exercise – it’s a mass media exercise.

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• Politics with me isn’t theater. It’s performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

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• Of course a lot of the journalists hated Nixon, but they were always blown away by how smart he was.

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• Obviously a candidate has to be held responsible for the words that come out of his mouth, regardless of where they came from.

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• Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

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• Money is speech. It’s incongruous to say a multimillionaire can spend as much on his own campaign as he wants, but you can only give $2,300. His free speech rights are different from yours, thus violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. It’s absurd.

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• Let’s be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush.

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• In this business, if you don’t pay your debts you’re finished.

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• If you’re not controversial, you’ll never break through the din of all the commentary.

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• If you have to drag somebody to register, they’re not highly motivated.

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• I’m a total Republican, but I’ve never claimed to be a Christian-right conservative. They’re a large but dwindling part of the Party.

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• I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.

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Roger Stone (29)

Birth:	1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Politician

About

Roger J. Stone, Jr. is a celebrated American political consultant, lobbyist and strategist, noted for his use of opposition research, usually for candidates of the Republican Party. He is currently a member of the Libertarian Party, recently working on Gary Johnson's run for president in 2012.

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