--- title: "9 Department Quotes By Rachel Maddow" description: "9 Department quotes by Rachel Maddow. Plus more from Rachel Maddow and more Department sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/rachel-maddow-1240_bigs_dan-fried-is-a-pillar-of-the-u-s-state-d_1270135.png" --- > [ \[Dan Fried \]is a pillar of the U.S. State Department. He's part of its institutional memory. He has been in the room… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/dan-fried-is-a-pillar-of-the-u-s-state-department-he-s-part-of-its/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/rachel-maddow-1240_bigs_dan-fried-is-a-pillar-of-the-u-s-state-d_1270135.png) > [ \[Dan fried\] is the department's foremost Russia expert and he, too, is now leaving at a time when arguably the State Department… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/dan-fried-is-the-department-s-foremost-russia-expert-and-he-too-is/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/rachel-maddow-1240_benefits_dan-fried-is-the-department-s-foremost-r_2500099.png) > [ Given how we know Russia feels about the State Department, seeing what's happening to the State Department under this current \[Donald Trump\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/given-how-we-know-russia-feels-about-the-state-department-seeing-what/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/rachel-maddow-1240_administration_given-how-we-know-russia-feels-about-the_314356.png) > [These are career non-partisan apolitical staffers with a combined 150 years of experience at the State Department gone, just like that right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/these-are-career-non-partisan-apolitical-staffers-with-a-combined-150/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/rachel-maddow-1240_apolitical_these-are-career-non-partisan-apolitical_2374095.png) > [ Russian government was in contact with multiple \[Donald\] Trump campaign sources while they were doing \[attacks\]. Russian nemesis in the American government,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/russian-government-was-in-contact-with-multiple-donald-trump-campaign/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/rachel-maddow-1240_american-government_russian-government-was-in-contact-with-m_2820189.jpg) > [ Right after Secretary \[Rex\] Tillerson was sworn in, four of the top career diplomats at the department were told their services were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/right-after-secretary-rex-tillerson-was-sworn-in-four-of-the-top/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/rachel-maddow-1240_careers_right-after-secretary-rex-tillerson-was_1929470.png) > [Silencing the U.S. State Department, putting a friend of Vladimir Putin's in charge at the U.S. State Department, who stands by quietly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/silencing-the-u-s-state-department-putting-a-friend-of-vladimir-putin/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/rachel-maddow-1240_department_silencing-the-u-s-state-department-putti_3003378.png) > [ Russia and \[Vladimir\] Putin's antipathy toward Hillary Clinton from her time as secretary of state, Russia's antipathy and loathing and fear of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/russia-and-vladimir-putin-s-antipathy-toward-hillary-clinton-from-her/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/rachel-maddow-1240_administration_russia-and-vladimir-putin-s-antipathy-to_1533034.jpg) > [When Vladimir Putin runs up against American power and American criticism and American leadership that reminds him of what Russia isn't, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/when-vladimir-putin-runs-up-against-american-power-and-american/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/rachel-maddow-1240_american-leadership_when-vladimir-putin-runs-up-against-amer_1275081.jpg) ## Other authors on Department ## More by Rachel Maddow > [ Ben Carson also denounced \[Donald\] Trump's ban all Muslims proposal saying we do not and would not advocate being selective on one's religion. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/ben-carson-also-denounced-donald-trump-s-ban-all-muslims-proposal/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/the-cia-has-concluded-in-a-secret-assessment-that-russia-intervened/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [ Senator \[Tom\] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/senator-tom-cotton-has-campaigned-on-wanting-to-kill-obamacare-he/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [ \[Tom Cotton\] has been an absolute champion of the idea of getting rid of Obamacare, scrapping the Affordable Care Act. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/tom-cotton-has-been-an-absolute-champion-of-the-idea-of-getting-rid/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [If you're working on better conditions for prisoners, if you make that a popular issue and you invite mainstream media to weigh in on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-for-prisoners-if-you-make-that/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [Liberals say that we are secular country with a majority of Christians, absolutely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/liberals-say-that-we-are-secular-country-with-a-majority-of/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [What's insulting to the American people, the Senate, to this whole process is that the Republicans, with all other nominees, have said Democrats are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/what-s-insulting-to-the-american-people-the-senate-to-this-whole/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [Oswald Mosley's movement, it was a big movement. It was obviously anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, it was populist. Mosley wanted to replace the parliamentary system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/oswald-mosley-s-movement-it-was-a-big-movement-it-was-obviously-anti/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/pentagon-dollars-are-essentially-seen-as-a-different-kind-of-funding/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/military-preparedness-is-absolutely-a-form-of-strength/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [When Conservatives crusade against government while they are trying to be appointed to head the government, I think that's weird!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/when-conservatives-crusade-against-government-while-they-are-trying/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [One of the manifestations of depression for me is that I lose my will. And I thereby lose my ability to focus. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/one-of-the-manifestations-of-depression-for-me-is-that-i-lose-my-will/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [There had been a proposed plank for the platform that said the Republican Party believed the United States should support Ukraine in any way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/there-had-been-a-proposed-plank-for-the-platform-that-said-the/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [John McCain has refused to ever criticize Sarah Palin, to ever admit there was anything wrong about her choice. He has been capital "L"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/john-mccain-has-refused-to-ever-criticize-sarah-palin-to-ever-admit/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) > [ The more you push back on Donald \[Trump\], whether you're in the media or whether you are in the GOP establishment, the stronger his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/the-more-you-push-back-on-donald-trump-whether-you-re-in-the-media-or/) [Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/department/rachel-maddow/#itemlist", "name": "9 Department Quotes By Rachel Maddow", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Dan Fried ]is a pillar of the U.S. State Department. He's part of its institutional memory. 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