150 Quotes by Lawrence O'Donnell

I don't think Republicans are evil. I think they mostly have a different philosophy of government than I do.

There are people who hate me, there are people who like me, and they're both right. I think people hate me for the right reasons, which is my politics and what they discern to be my personal attitudes.

I can be as crazy as anybody and go over lines I should not go over.

I always knew I'd be leaving government someday. I just didn't know when. There was something about knowing that it was temporary that left me in writerly observational mode.

The George Wallace campaign in 1968 was the model for the Trump campaign in 2016.

If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes the reader cry.

If in the script there is an argument about gun control, the most precious document you could produce at 'The West Wing' that week is a passionate, intelligent case against gun control. We know how to do the other one.

The great thing about going to Malawi is I have no contact for at least a week with anything that's happening back in Washington.

When you get off to an African country like Malawi - which is pretty removed from everything and pretty seriously off the grid - and you see the struggle of life that goes on there, it's a completely different thing than what happens here.