Politiquotes of the Week: Jan. 20

Huntsman and Perry bid the campaign trail adieu.

Jon Huntsman - "I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama. Despite our differences and the space between us on some of the issues, I believe that candidate is Governor Mitt Romney,” said Jon Huntsman, announcing plans to exit the presidential race on the same day that he received an endorsement from The State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Jon Huntsman - "I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama. Despite our differences and the space between us on some of the issues, I believe that candidate is Governor Mitt Romney,” said Jon Huntsman, announcing plans to exit the presidential race on the same day that he received an endorsement from The State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Cindi Scoppe - “It’s rather like having gone through a courtship for some period of time and finally making love with a man, for him to suddenly turn around and say, ‘You know what, I think I’m gay’,” said Cindi Scoppe, associate editor of The State and author of the newspaper’s endorsement of Jon Huntsman after he ended his presidential bid on the same day that he received the endorsement.(Photo: Courtesy thestate.com)

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Cindi Scoppe - “It’s rather like having gone through a courtship for some period of time and finally making love with a man, for him to suddenly turn around and say, ‘You know what, I think I’m gay’,” said Cindi Scoppe, associate editor of The State and author of the newspaper’s endorsement of Jon Huntsman after he ended his presidential bid on the same day that he received the endorsement.(Photo: Courtesy thestate.com)

Rick Perry - "I've always believed the mission is greater than the man," said Texas Gov. Rick Perry, announcing he would drop out of the GOP presidential nominating race. "As I've contemplated the future of this campaign, I've come to the conclusion that there is no viable path forward for me in this 2012 campaign. Therefore, today I am suspending my campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich for president of the United States."(Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

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Rick Perry - "I've always believed the mission is greater than the man," said Texas Gov. Rick Perry, announcing he would drop out of the GOP presidential nominating race. "As I've contemplated the future of this campaign, I've come to the conclusion that there is no viable path forward for me in this 2012 campaign. Therefore, today I am suspending my campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich for president of the United States."(Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

Mitt Romney - “I got a little bit of income from my book but I gave that all away and... and then I get speaker's fees from time to time but not very much,” said Mitt Romney of the $375,000 he earned in 2010 and early 2011 for his speeches.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - “I got a little bit of income from my book but I gave that all away and... and then I get speaker's fees from time to time but not very much,” said Mitt Romney of the $375,000 he earned in 2010 and early 2011 for his speeches.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich - “To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine,” said Newt Gingrich at the Jan. 19 presidential debate in response to the opening question about allegations made in an ABC News interview by ex-wife Marianne that he wanted an open marriage. “…And I am frankly astounded that CNN would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate.” (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Newt Gingrich - “To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine,” said Newt Gingrich at the Jan. 19 presidential debate in response to the opening question about allegations made in an ABC News interview by ex-wife Marianne that he wanted an open marriage. “…And I am frankly astounded that CNN would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate.” (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Jimmy Carter - "When you emphasize, over and over, welfare, food stamps and ‘Why don’t the Black people get jobs," and if I’m president, I’ll make sure they turn toward a work ethic, rather than an ethic of welfare and food stamps, that’s appealing to the wrong element in South Carolina," said former President Jimmy Carter in an interview on CNN about Newt Gingrich’s controversial comments about President Obama and putting poor children to work.(Photo: Courtesy CNN)

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Jimmy Carter - "When you emphasize, over and over, welfare, food stamps and ‘Why don’t the Black people get jobs," and if I’m president, I’ll make sure they turn toward a work ethic, rather than an ethic of welfare and food stamps, that’s appealing to the wrong element in South Carolina," said former President Jimmy Carter in an interview on CNN about Newt Gingrich’s controversial comments about President Obama and putting poor children to work.(Photo: Courtesy CNN)

John Boehner - "President Obama is destroying tens of thousands of American jobs and shipping American energy security to the Chinese. There's really just no other way to put it. The president is selling out American jobs for politics," said House Speaker John Boehner after Obama temporarily rejected the Keystone pipeline project.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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John Boehner - "President Obama is destroying tens of thousands of American jobs and shipping American energy security to the Chinese. There's really just no other way to put it. The president is selling out American jobs for politics," said House Speaker John Boehner after Obama temporarily rejected the Keystone pipeline project.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Stephen Colbert - “Here’s the thing that I don’t think Newt Gingrich gets credit for. Okay. A lot of politicians screw around on their wives, but he was enough of a gentleman to ask permission first. Okay? That’s a Southern gentleman. That’s what Robert E. Lee would have done,” said comedian Stephen Colbert on MSNBC's Morning Joe about the former House speaker’s infidelities.(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America)

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Stephen Colbert - “Here’s the thing that I don’t think Newt Gingrich gets credit for. Okay. A lot of politicians screw around on their wives, but he was enough of a gentleman to ask permission first. Okay? That’s a Southern gentleman. That’s what Robert E. Lee would have done,” said comedian Stephen Colbert on MSNBC's Morning Joe about the former House speaker’s infidelities.(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America)