Karl Rove Quotes (78 Quotes)

What is important is that members of Congress have the time to get fully briefed on this. We intend to work closely with them in order to give them a comfort level on this.

The United States faces a ruthless enemy - and we need a commander-in-chief and a Congress who understand the nature of the threat and the gravity that American finds itself in. President Bush and the Republican Party do. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for many Democrats.

In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.

Bush and Cheney will be going to the same groups of states, going to the same kinds of markets, just at different times, ... It's far more powerful to us to have him go to the battleground states. It's far more powerful to have him focused on the same mission as George W. Bush--that is, laying out a positive and optimistic agenda.

I am going to have a great Friday and a fantastic weekend and hope you do too.

Many Democrats have a pre-9/11 worldview.

It's like (former New Jersey Democratic Sen.) Bill Bradley said during the primaries. If we can't trust you to tell the truth as a candidate, how can we trust you to tell the truth as president

People have raised an issue about security. That is entirely appropriate. But upon examination, it's not the company that's in charge of security, it's the United States' government that's in charge of security.

Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on Feb. 19th, 2009 when a television commentator named Rick Santelli stood up and said what the hell are we doing bailing out people who couldn't afford a mortgage by taking money from people like me who are prudent?

From a lot of places in New Jersey you could see the towers,

The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.

I can make him president of the United States.

Bush's top aides debated whether to keep the President above the fray during the midterms-- to protect him, ... As far as Bush was concerned, the real risk would have been to sit on his hands when he had the opportunity to make the difference in some very close races. He and Karl were completely in synch.

We intend to pick it up. I welcome this debate because it is one that we can win.

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

We can go to the country on this issue because they trust the Republican Party to do a better job of protecting and strengthening America's military might and thereby protecting America.

I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble.

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach every child to learn how to read and, incidentally, if you fail to do that there's no consequence,' ... There has to be a consequence to failure, and the Title I money needs to follow the child.

The world is full of people who are discerning, and we need to recognize that concrete information told with honesty and specificity and integrity is important to the ultimate success in this conflict.

In the normal back-and-forth between prosecutor and defense attorneys, some issues were raised that made the prosecutor step back and have pause for thought as far as his future activities, ... He thought, 'This is enough for me to hold off making decisions.'

We strongly support Tom DeLay. He's a good man, a close ally of this administration.

will not prejudge the investigation based on media reports.

The outcome of that debate will shape the course of human events,

Has there ever been a more revealing moment this year? Let me just put this in fairly simple terms: Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the Mideast, certainly putting our troops in greater danger. No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals.

You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'

It is a relationship of respect. Clinton liked to mine us for money, but we have accomplished more with this administration than we ever did with Clinton.

Cindy Sheehan is a clown. There is no real antiwar movement. No serious politician, with anything to do with anything, would show his face at an antiwar rally.