Roger Stone Quotes

American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1952)

Roger Jason Stone Jr. (born 27 August 1952) is an American conservative political consultant and lobbyist. Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. In addition to frequently serving as a campaign adviser, Stone was a political lobbyist. In 1980, he co-founded a Washington, D.C.–based lobbying firm with Paul Manafort and Charles R. Black Jr. The firm recruited Peter G. Kelly and was renamed Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly in 1984. During the 1980s, BMSK became a top lobbying firm by leveraging its White House connections to attract high-paying clients, including U.S. corporations and trade associations, as well as foreign governments. By 1990, it was one of the leading lobbyists for American companies and foreign organizations.

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It's better to be infamous than never to be famous at all.

I launched the idea of Donald J. Trump for President.

Attack, attack, attack—never defend.

I am so ready. Let's get it on. Prepare to die cocksucker.

I went to the cafeteria, and as each kid would go through the cafeteria line [in my elementary school] with their tray, I would tell them, "You know, Nixon has proposed having school on Saturdays." ...[T]he mock election [in my elementary school] was held and to the surprise of the local newspaper, Democrat John Kennedy swept this mock election. For the first time ever I understood the value of disinformation.

After the Reform Party cost the Republicans the White House in '92, again in '96... Yeah, I may have played some role in derailing them as a party.

The only thing worse in politics than being wrong is being boring, as Dick Nixon would say.

Hillary [Clinton] must be brought to justice — arrested, tried, and executed for murder.

I’m an agent provocateur.

I strongly support Donald Trump for President. I think only Trump has the financial independence to take on the special interests. Trump doesn't need the lobbyists or the special interest money with the strings attached. He is the only one who can fix a broken system. Trump's pro-growth tax reform plan will supercharge the economy. Trump can actually cut waste because he is not beholden to the special pleaders. Trump will get in Hillary's face and confront her with her lies. Jeb gave Hillary a medal. The Bush and Clinton families profiteer off public service together. Is it civility or shared criminality? Only Trump can make America great again!

We could only give a Senate campaign, in a direct financial transfer of $5,000. But the loophole was, we could advertise on behalf of a candidate, without their cooperation or coordination, an unlimited amount. And that's why NCPAC [which Stone helped found in 1975] was successful.

We're going to have protests, demonstrations. We will disclose the hotels and the room numbers of those delegates who are directly involved in the steal.

When that whole thing hit the fan in 1996, the reason I gave a blanket denial was that my grandparents were still alive,
I’m not guilty of hypocrisy. I’m a libertarian and a libertine.

The point that the Democrats missed was that the people who weren’t rich wanted to be rich.

I'm going to take that dog away from you. Not a fucking thing you can do about it either, because you are a weak, broke, piece of shit.

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