In today’s environment politicians spouting a so called sense of 'intestinal fortitude' are simply demonstrating a severe case of factual constipation.

He's got some intestinal fortitude, which I don't know if I've ever seen before. Almost as if he has the mentality of a boxer or a football player.

He's got a level of intestinal fortitude that I don't know that I've ever seen before. A light went off in him that [he] had to take control of this game, and that's what he did.

I'll put this team up against any in the state. They play on intestinal fortitude, heart and determination. This a pretty tough bunch.

I’m going to Albany to take out a government, to take out a culture … I’ve illustrated I believe in intestinal fortitude to take on the demons.

[Still, such a idea is political dynamite.] The politics are impossible, ... Politicians do this at their peril.