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Pete du Pont quotes

American Politician January 22, 1935

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I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions. Pete du Pont
One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, let's all be friends in Washington philosophy. Pete du Pont
The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just read The New York Times anymore. We can pull up something on the Internet and get any news that we like. Pete du Pont
Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda. Pete du Pont
Pete du Pont quote: "Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the..."
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. Pete du Pont
Pete du Pont quote: "Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates...."
Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won so big in 1994. Pete du Pont
Pete du Pont quote: "Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same..."
Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again. Pete du Pont
Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talking to people who go bowling on Thursday night, and they were understanding what we were saying. Pete du Pont
There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party. Pete du Pont
Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people. Pete du Pont
Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language. Pete du Pont
The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He's an insider. He's a moderate. Pete du Pont
Pete du Pont quote: "That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one..."
That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work, you try another. Pete du Pont
Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and the California legislature around the country. Pete du Pont
Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Internet is making an end run around talk radio. Suddenly we're faced with an information age. Pete du Pont

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