Newt Gingrich Quotes

I'm a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

I don't like the spirit of socialism – I think freedom is the basis of everything.

For people who seem so hell-bent on multiculturalism, why can't liberals understand that free enterprise/freedom is a part of the American Culture?

Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.

The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.

My view is the less the government can do and the more freedom and opportunity you give people, that trusting people and free people and free enterprise - that America has built the greatest country in the history of the world.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was.

For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'

I'm a libertarian. It's a terrible word.

In 'The Future and Its Enemies,' I argue that individual creativity and enterprise are not only personally satisfying but socially good, producing progress and happiness. For celebrating creativity and happiness, I have been called a fascist by critics on both coasts.

Mitt Romney not only believes in the values of economic freedom. His entire life has been committed to advancing it.

I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.

I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment.

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world.

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity. Trade makes men independent of one another and gives them a high idea of their personal importance: it leads them to want to manage their own affairs and teaches them to succeed therein. Hence it makes them inclined to liberty but disinclined to revolution.

Democrats must say loudly and clearly that we are not socialists.

I'm a big free-market individual.

Conservatives should never be shy in promoting a strong case for individual enterprise. We should acknowledge where the system doesn't work, and seek to amend it.

If someone builds a fortune, it belongs to him, not the government. An entitled government undermines liberty.

Socialism is the antithesis of opportunity and it's time to reject this failed and dangerous idea once and for all.

I have spent my entire career advocating for free-market economic policies, trying to convince the leaders of this country that unnecessary government interference in the market-place - and let's face it, most government is totally unnecessary - destroys liberty and inhibits prosperity.

I think that the big challenge of the 2020s for the country, and for the Conservative party, is to win the fight for free enterprise and the free society. This is under threat like at no other time in my lifetime. And the way that you do that is by demonstrating the benefits of a free market society.