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 ageamericananswer Change image and share on social
Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there. Pete du Pont americanassumebegin Change image and share on social
We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened. Pete du Pont censustaxisweaken Change image and share on social
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 ageanymorechange Change image and share on social
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 alleybowlclub Change image and share on social
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 abilityagendumcrisis share on social
If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it. Pete du Pont democraticelectionopponent Change image and share on social
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 administrationbackbush Change image and share on social
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 californiacandidatecountry Change image and share on social
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. Pete du Pont affectchangefranklin Change image and share on social
