Newt Gingrich in Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2013-2015

On Crime: On Ferguson: stop when a policeman tells you to stop

GINGRICH: First, I think we do need criminal justice reform. The system doesn't work right. We have people locked up who shouldn't be. We tear apart communities that need young men to be able to go back home. So, I think we need serious hearings at the federal level. Second, there has to be some recognition--and this will probably get me in trouble--young people should be told, when a policeman tells you to stop, stop. There's a dual requirement here. You have the first African-American president. You have an African-American attorney general. And six years into their effort, we're in some ways further apart. That's a tragic failure of leadership. The community has to respect the police. And the police have to respect the community. And both have failed.

Q: Are you saying that this is the fault of Barack Obama?

GINGRICH: I'm saying that the president and attorney general use language which is divisive.

On Government Reform: Allow unlimited campaign contributions to anybody

Gingrich added, "The next step is the one Justice Clarence Thomas cited--candidates should be allowed to take unlimited amounts of money from anybody. And you would, overnight, equalize the middle class and the rich."

On Homeland Security: Snowden should be tried as a felon for releasing secrets

GINGRICH: Obama's a guy whose bias would be for civil libertarians, but after five years in the White House has said, "You know, the world is really dangerous and we really need these tools to be safe." It's very hard to imagine fundamental changes in the program against President Obama's wishes.

Q: This country has been through Watergate, been through Hoover at the FBI. We know the kinds of excesses that can happen.

GINGRICH: The power of the government is enormous. And that's why, as a conservative, I like smaller government. But the question is if you draw a sharp line and say for the purpose of defending America--none of them can migrate over to the criminal justice system. And then, you should make it a felony. This is why Snowden has to be tried. It should be a felony for any of that stuff coming over to the criminal justice system.

On Homeland Security: Train women for combat, even if not formally in combat

GINGRICH (videotape): If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for 30 days because they get infections.

Q: Have you evolved on that?

GINGRICH: Well, I don't know that I've evolved. I think we've all learned a lot more. Women have been in combat for at least the last 20 years: If you're serving in the American military and you're in Iraq or you're in Afghanistan, you're in combat, [even if in] Intelligence. You do have to make different arrangements under different circumstances. But the fact is that anyone who is going to serve the country is going to be at risk, and it is a lot better to have them combat- trained when they're at risk than it is to have them be helpless.

Q: So you would now favor women in combat? GINGRICH: We've had 20 years of experience, and, objectively, they are in combat already. This is simply recognizing a reality that exists.