Negative politics have always been around. Karl Rove More Quotes by Karl Rove More Quotes From Karl Rove But the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone. Karl Rove husseingoneworld I believe in the principles of the Republican Party. Karl Rove partyprinciplesbelieve If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not sophisticated. It's not like these people have read the economist Friedrich August von Hayek. Karl Rove partyaugusthands We face a brutal enemy who will kill the innocent for one purpose and that is to gain control of the Middle East and to use the leverage of oil to bring down the West, and to attack us again. Karl Rove oilpurposeenemy I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing. Karl Rove strongwingsthinking If you are wealthy and can hire enough accountants and attorneys, you can find ways around the code. It's fundamentally not fair. It wastes a lot of time and energy and effort to comply with it. It doesn't encourage savings and investment. And we need to simply it and make it more fair. Karl Rove wasteeffortway The definition of relationships ought to be left up to the states and that proper protections can be put in place for the right to visit in the hospital or the right to inherit or other legal contractual questions like that. Karl Rove protectiondefinitionsstates 5,000 years of human history should not be overthrown by the acts of a few liberal judges or by the acts of a few local elected officials. Karl Rove judgingshouldyears Senator McCain believes there ought to be a limit to how much the government can take from anybody, and he believes that today with the federal tax rate at 35 percent that that's more than the government ought to be taking from any individual regardless of how much they make. Karl Rove governmenttodaybelieve It's a mandate for you to do in office what you said you would do on the campaign trail. Karl Rove campaignsofficesaid Look, America was a narrowly divided country in 2000;49-49 was what Michael Barone called it. It's a 49-49 nation. Karl Rove countryamericalooks The president has an obligation to serve all the people of America. Karl Rove presidentamericapeople You're entitled in this country to worship as you please or to not worship. It's one of the great things that defines us as a nation, and it's at the heart of what it is to be in America. Karl Rove heartcountryamerica Marriage is and should be defined as being between one man and one woman. Karl Rove one-womanshouldmen I`m not planning to endorse anybody. I have a long friendship with the family and a long friendship with Jeb [Bush], but I`m, like a lot of people, sitting on the sidelines watching and waiting. Karl Rove waitinglongpeople When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief, a confidence, in a foreordained outcome in any given decision. Karl Rove outcomesdecisioncharacter If you make a mistake, clean it up quicker rather than later. Karl Rove cleanifsmistake Our [Republicans'] object is to avoid having stupid candidates who can't win general elections, who are undisciplined, can't raise money, aren't putting together the support necessary to win a general election campaign, because this money is too difficult to raise to be spending it on behalf of candidates who have little chance of winning in a general election. Karl Rove supportstupidwinning Guy got in a gyrocopter in Gettysburg, flew under the radar all the way to Washington and came - What if he had had rather than petitions to Congress had had a bomb? Karl Rove bombswhat-ifguy I'm not a journalist. I'm a pundit. I'm a commentator, I'm somebody with an opinion. Karl Rove punditsjournalistopinion
