The former House speaker began his career as a history professor at West Georgia College. “He thought he could have some kind of impact, to get kids to think,” says a friend and former colleague. “But he really wanted to get into politics.”

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/22/142599781/in-gingrichs-past-a-lesson-on-ambition?ft=1&f=1014

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