Alan Colmes Quotes

Talk radio can't work unless you have the kind of independence you get by being part of an independent news network. You can't be beholden to an agenda, and that's what I like about Fox: It doesn't have one.

- Alan Colmes

News, Independent, Like, Beholden

The National Rifle Association has an extensive enemies list, and I am, frankly, insulted that I am not on it.

- Alan Colmes

I Am, Frankly, Insulted, Extensive

I feel quite lucky to have the platforms I have on both television and radio.

- Alan Colmes

Lucky, Television, Feel, Platforms

Christmas brings us great music: Everything from Handel's 'Messiah' to 'White Christmas,' to 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.'

- Alan Colmes

Mommy, Great Music, Saw, Messiah

We are living out the liberal dream of our founders. The Constitution, the very liberal document - we have gone beyond English common law, which was the basis of law in the West.

- Alan Colmes

Living, Very, Which, Common Law

Christians get trees. Jews get bushes. To stay in good standing with the Tribe, you've got to refer to a Christmas tree as a Hanukkah bush.

- Alan Colmes

Jews, Christians, Bush, Refer

Why preach to the choir? You reach more independents and even more Democrats on Fox News given their huge audience than you would on other networks. So I'm grateful to have that opportunity to have that platform.

- Alan Colmes

Reach, Why, Other, Independents

Benghazi is not a scandal; Benghazi was a tragedy.

- Alan Colmes

Tragedy, Scandal, Benghazi

I don't delude myself into thinking I'll bring anyone around to my way of thinking, especially Sean Hannity.

- Alan Colmes

Myself, Bring, Sean, Delude

Mourning never ends for those who've faced unimaginable losses.

- Alan Colmes

Never, Mourning, Ends, Unimaginable

I always wanted to be on the radio. But my background is more entertainment than journalism.

- Alan Colmes

Always, Background, Wanted, Journalism

Dignified and respectful quietude speaks much louder than pomp and circumstance when it comes to remembering those who died.

- Alan Colmes

Remembering, Louder, Died, Respectful

Rush Limbaugh advocating for objectivity is like Donald Trump advocating for humility.

- Alan Colmes

Trump, Advocating, Donald, None

I did standup comedy. I opened once for Jay Leno.

- Alan Colmes

Comedy, Once, Jay, None

Genius, scholar, and war hero though he is, you have to admit - or maybe you should think about admitting - that George Bush might have rushed things a little in invading Iraq.

- Alan Colmes

Think, Though, Invading, Scholar

I'm not an angry person. I get my point out, I'm true to what I believe, and I sleep well at night.

- Alan Colmes

Angry, Night, Believe, I Believe

Even if everything its detractors say about Fox were true, the most liberal of liberal attitudes would be that one would get credit for being in the lion's den.

- Alan Colmes

Say, Attitudes, About, Den

On my radio show at night, people will sometimes - conservatives will call and say, 'You know what, I'm really sorry I cast my vote for President Bush.' And we play Brenda Lee and 'I'm Sorry' and ask them to sing along.

- Alan Colmes

Play, Sometimes, Bush, Vote

Issue by issue, if I were a Congressman, I would receive the highest rating from liberal think-tank Americans For Democratic Action.

- Alan Colmes

Rating, Receive, Issue, Congressman

I'm quite moderate.

- Alan Colmes

Quite, Moderate

I don't think what you hear on talk radio is representative of America.

- Alan Colmes

Think, Talk, Talk Radio, Representative

To be successful in talk radio, you have to have a conservative audience as well. Not enough liberals listen to it.

- Alan Colmes

Conservative, Audience, Well, Talk Radio

We live in a liberally free country founded by people who were liberal. They were beyond liberal - they were revolutionaries.

- Alan Colmes

Country, Were, Founded, Revolutionaries

I save all my good e-mails. Listen to this one: 'You liberals should be deported.'

- Alan Colmes

Good, Listen, Save, E-Mails

Some liberals have a problem with me simply because I work at Fox, and nothing I do short of storming off the set in a rage will get them to respect that I work there.

- Alan Colmes

Will, Some, Set, Rage

I will continue to speak out against the views of both Limbaugh and Hannity when I feel it's warranted, meeting their free speech with my own. But I will never forget that, without them, I'd have a much smaller platform on which to do it.

- Alan Colmes

Own, Against, Smaller, Views

'Never forget' is correct. But the place to remember is in our hearts, not in lavish ceremonies.

- Alan Colmes

Remember, Never, Ceremonies, Hearts

The fact is that we are, compared to most other places, a very liberal country.

- Alan Colmes

Country, Most, Very, Compared

I grew up in a nonpolitical family. My mother basically hated everybody.

- Alan Colmes

Mother, Everybody, Basically, Hated

I think there are some liberals who are extremely biased about Fox News and wish to shun it or wish to criticize any liberal who appears on Fox News. That, to me, is not a particularly liberal attitude.

- Alan Colmes

Think, News, Some, Shun

If you're going to make the argument that Fox is conservative, you can't make it very easily unless you diminish my role.

- Alan Colmes

Conservative, Argument, Very, Diminish

Thankfully, we live in country, unlike Russia, where we have First Amendment rights.

- Alan Colmes

Country, Russia, Amendment, Unlike

I think most people have that crazy uncle they sit at Thanksgiving dinner with: someone they disagree with politically but love them anyway.

- Alan Colmes

Love, Think, I Think, Dinner

I don't judge my effectiveness by how many words I say. I think liberals often see nuances in things... Conservatives tend to see things in black and white. It gives them an air of certainty and conviction that might make them more comfortable to watch.

- Alan Colmes

Air, I Think, Nuances, Certainty

Almost everything I think we've accomplished for the good of the country has been because of liberals against conservative opposition.

- Alan Colmes

Think, Country, Been, Accomplished

'Liberal' is a great word - from the root, 'liberty,' which means free.

- Alan Colmes

Liberty, Which, Means, Root

I'm a broadcaster who happens to be liberal, and not the other way around.

- Alan Colmes

Other, Happens, Around, Broadcaster

If I, as a liberal, didn't speak out against those who would squelch the free speech of conservatives, I wouldn't deserve to call myself a liberal.

- Alan Colmes

Myself, Deserve, Free Speech, Liberal

My side, I am a liberal more than a Democrat.

- Alan Colmes

I Am, Democrat, Side, Liberal

We live in a liberal country. If you came here from Iraq or Iran, you really would think that we are quite a liberal country.

- Alan Colmes

Think, Country, Here, Liberal

A lot of people listen to Rush Limbaugh just because he's a great entertainer.

- Alan Colmes

Just Because, Because, Lot, Rush

Fox is fair and balanced.

- Alan Colmes

Fair, Fox, Balanced

I am proud of the Fox News Channel.

- Alan Colmes

I Am, Proud, News, Fox News

In high school, I never felt in with the in-crowd.

- Alan Colmes

School, Never, High, High School

'Collective' sounds like communism, but we do work and live in a society where there is a collective well-being.

- Alan Colmes

Society, Well-Being, Like, Sounds

People say to me, 'Why don't you fight fire with fire?' You fight fire with water, not fire.

- Alan Colmes

Me, Why, Say, Fire

I can be just as effective with a quick retort or a one-liner than with a big paragraph.

- Alan Colmes

Big, Quick, Paragraph, Effective

There is no asterisk in the Constitution that says 'except for hate speech.'

- Alan Colmes

Hate, Constitution, Except, Speech

Air America Radio was thinking of hiring me, but they discovered something in my past that didn't sit well with them: radio experience.

- Alan Colmes

Past, Discovered, Hiring, Radio

If you're a conservative, you think I'm Satan.

- Alan Colmes

Think, Conservative, You, Satan

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