Roger Stone Quotes

Roger Jason Stone Jr. is an American political consultant, lobbyist and strategist noted for his use of opposition research, usually for candidates of the Republican Party. Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of key Republican politicians such as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole and Donald Trump.

In addition to serving as a frequent campaign advisor, Stone was previously a political lobbyist. In 1980, he co-founded the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Black, Manafort, Stone with principals 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, trade associations, and foreign governments. By 1990, it was one of the leading lobbyists for American companies and foreign organizations.Stone has variously been referred to in media as a "political dirty trickster", a "renowned infighter", a "seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics", and a "veteran Republican strategist". Over the course of the Trump presidential campaign, Stone was regarded as promoting a number of falsehoods and conspiracy theories.Stone is the subject of a Netflix documentary film, titled Get Me Roger Stone, which focuses on his past and on his role in the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.Stone officially left the Trump campaign on August 8, 2015; however, it has been reported that, as part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States election, two associates of Stone have claimed he collaborated with WikiLeaks owner Julian Assange in the spring of 2016 to discredit Hillary Clinton's campaign. Stone has denied this.U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle dismissed a lawsuit brought by political activist group Protect Democracy, alleging that Donald Trump's campaign and former Trump adviser Roger Stone, conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks to publish hacked Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 presidential election race. The judge found that the suit was brought in the wrong jurisdiction.

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Famous Roger Stone Quotes

“Attack, attack, attack—never defend.”

"The Dirty Trickster" (2008)

“Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack.”

"The Dirty Trickster" (2008)

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

Stone's Rules (2018)

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

As quoted by Matt Labash, "Debriefing Mike Murphy" https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/debriefing-mike-murphy (18 March 2016) The Weekly Standard.

“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.”

April 9, 2018, email to Randy Credico, refering to Credico's therapy dog, Bianca ([Roger Stone threatened to steal a therapy dog and told an associate to do a ‘Frank Pentangeli’ in alleged witness tampering cited by Mueller, January 25 2019, Tucker, Higgins, CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/25/roger-stone-threatened-to-steal-a-therapy-dog-and-tampered-with-a-witness-mueller-indictment.html]; [February 10, 2020, USA v. Roger J. Stone, Jr.: Government's Sentencing Memorandum, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6773165-Rogerstone.html#document/p1]; [November 8, 2019, Roger Stone’s Expletive-Filled, Godfather-Heavy Day in Court, Matt, Stieb, New York, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/roger-stones-and-randy-credicos-wild-day-in-court.html])

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