Newt Gingrich

Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural?

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America.

Violent ideologies can proliferate and spread; threats are no longer contained by borders and oceans; and adversaries are as likely to be found in cyberspace as on the battlefield.

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.

In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.