Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he's always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics but that's what makes him Newt Gingrich.

I've always said that in politics your enemies can't hurt you but your friends will kill you.

Whenever you discuss politics it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon.

In argument truth always prevails finally in politics falsehood always.

The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same but it's far tougher now because record companies are run by financial people before they were run by creative people.

Yeah exactly you can talk about politics in music you can talk about something else but that's always going to change and love is never going to change.

Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative too conventional. Too safe too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later too often on the back foot.

No matter where I go - London Beirut Jerusalem Washington Beijing or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better not pull them apart.

Negative politics have always been around.

If there is one eternal truth of politics it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.