Karl Rove

“You can't be a great president unless you have a great purpose.”

“The president is a man of remarkable accumulation; he is constantly reading and learning.”

“As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and start voting like Democrats.”

“The way to win is to frame the debate.”

“Politics is a contact sport.”

“The objective is to change the world. It's not to be popular.”

“I'm the guy who is first up in the morning and the last to go to bed at night.”

“I don't care what the polls say. I don't.”

“If you're feeling good about the Republican party, you're not a Republican.”

“It is a sign of a good leader if he can turn a crisis into an opportunity.”

“The first rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot.”

“You can't beat somebody with nobody.”

“If you're not on the offense, you're on the defense.”

“In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.”

“We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.”