327 Quotes by Chris Matthews

I`m closer to anybody who believes that we should lead not from behind, but from the front. Rand Paul is one step behind, leading from behind. So, yes, even [Barack] Obama is more aggressive. Obama believes you can kill Anwar al-Awlaki without getting a court order.

Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.

President [Barack] Obama`s staking his reelection hopes on rebuilding America`s middle class. He wants higher taxes on the wealthy, tougher rules on Wall Street, and everyone else to get a fair shot to succeed. Republicans can cry "class warfare" if they want, but as the president put it today, it`s about this country`s welfare.

Paying tax is not a punishment. It’s a responsibility.

If you want to play a game, go to where it’s played and find a way to get in. Things happen when you get in the game.

The Republican Party, which I’ve been watching all my life. They always seem to win. I mean, there was the exception, of course, with Goldwater back in ’64, which turned out to be a catastrophe. But it always seems that the Mitt Romneys and the East Coast types always end up winning the fights.

Sarah Palin is an empty vessel ready to be filled by ideology that she doesn’t even understand, and that is really scary. Nothing is more frightening than an empty vessel in power.

What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don’t have to run the show?

We’ve got to recognize that when we march into Iraq, we’re setting up the card tables in front of every university in the Arab world, the Islamic world, to recruit for al-Qaida.