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> [If you're in the Senate and in the minority, you just get to give speeches and run around and raise money. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/if-you-re-in-the-senate-and-in-the-minority-you-just-get-to-give/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/roger-ailes-2123_attack_if-you-re-in-the-senate-and-in-the-minor_547952.png)

> [You better be able to defend it after the attack - so don't stretch it. In other words, if the guy's guilty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/you-better-be-able-to-defend-it-after-the-attack-so-don-t-stretch-it/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/roger-ailes-2123_able_you-better-be-able-to-defend-it-after-th_1143075.png)

> [There's something about the American people: They have such an innate sense of fairness that the red light goes on and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/there-s-something-about-the-american-people-they-have-such-an-innate/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/roger-ailes-2123_american-people_there-s-something-about-the-american-peo_2056103.jpg)

## Other authors on Attack

## More by Roger Ailes

> [The contributions being made by Latinos are extraordinary, and we need to talk about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/the-contributions-being-made-by-latinos-are-extraordinary-and-we-need/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> ['Vanity Fair' is a left-wing rag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/vanity-fair-is-a-left-wing-rag/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [I have a good eye for talent, and my talent performs the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/i-have-a-good-eye-for-talent-and-my-talent-performs-the-best/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [I've been an underdog all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/i-ve-been-an-underdog-all-my-life/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/obama-s-the-one-who-never-worked-a-day-in-his-life-he-never-earned-a/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [If you've got a big star like O'Reilly, it does overshadow what the hard-news guys do during the day. That's the nature of television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/if-you-ve-got-a-big-star-like-o-reilly-it-does-overshadow-what-the/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [My first qualification is I didn't go to Columbia Journalism School.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/my-first-qualification-is-i-didn-t-go-to-columbia-journalism-school/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [Just because somebody else likes a candidate doesn't necessarily mean everybody else will like him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/just-because-somebody-else-likes-a-candidate-doesn-t-necessarily-mean/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [We're not programming to conservatives. We're just not eliminating their point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/we-re-not-programming-to-conservatives-we-re-just-not-eliminating/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [ They \[NPR\] are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/they-npr-are-of-course-nazis-they-have-a-kind-of-nazi-attitude-they/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [You just don't go out when you're over 55 years of age, have a colossal failure, and expect to find work in your field again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/you-just-don-t-go-out-when-you-re-over-55-years-of-age-have-a/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [CNBC was completely in the dumper when I went there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/cnbc-was-completely-in-the-dumper-when-i-went-there/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [Almost everything I do is related to my ability to hire good people. I don't take much of the credit myself. I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/almost-everything-i-do-is-related-to-my-ability-to-hire-good-people-i/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [Anybody's position on an issue, anything they've said about an issue, and any way they've voted on an issue is fair game. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/anybody-s-position-on-an-issue-anything-they-ve-said-about-an-issue/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

> [It is a tremendous sacrifice to run for political office in America today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/it-is-a-tremendous-sacrifice-to-run-for-political-office-in-america/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

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