Quotes by Ed Gillespie

About Ed Gillespie:

Edward Walter "Ed" 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. In January 2014, Gillespie announced he was running for Virginia's U.S. Senate seat currently held by Mark Warner in the 2014 election, and on June 7, 2014, he received the Republican nomination.
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I don't believe we're the party of big business.

Ed Gillespie

I believe we're the party of small business.

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

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.

Ed Gillespie

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.

Ed Gillespie

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.

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

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.

Ed Gillespie

Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

Our party may have swung too far right at various times.

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

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.

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

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

Ed Gillespie

Author Bio

  • NameEd Gillespie
  • DescriptionAmerican political strategist
  • BornAugust 15, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLobbyist