Quotes by Karl Rove

About Karl Rove:

Karl Christian Rove is an American Republican political consultant and policy advisor. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until Rove's resignation on August 31, 2007. He has also headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. Since leaving the White House, Rove has worked as a political analyst and contributor for Fox News, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal.
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My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage was the reputations of my father and my mother.

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Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates.

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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

Karl Rove

You all had something to do with keeping me employed.

Karl Rove

If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is.

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Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.

Karl Rove

The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote.

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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.

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Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

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At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world.

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What Mr. Obama wants in a nominee isn't really 'empathy' and 'understanding.' He wants a liberal, activist Supreme Court justice.

Karl Rove

I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.

Karl Rove

Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.

Karl Rove

Well, I don't want to become a prognosticator.

Karl Rove

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.

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I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.

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You need to look at Congress as having a certain capacity. Now, the capacity varies from year to year and from body to body, but there is a finite amount of things that Congress can attentively do.

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It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.

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Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.

Karl Rove

And not only that, I also have the MacBook Air which is really cool. Even my wife is jealous of my MacBook Air.

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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

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Author Bio

  • NameKarl Rove
  • DescriptionAmerican political consultant and policy advisor
  • AliasesKarl Christian Rove
  • BornDecember 25, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Political Scientist