Ed Gillespie

“They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.”

“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.”

“I don't believe we're the party of big business.”

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

“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.”

“Politics swings like a pendulum.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.”