America never formally surrenders, so we have to call surrender something else. In Vietnam, we called it Vietnamization. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
There are plenty of odd couple Congressmen who have roomed together on Capitol Hill, but I have never heard of a chief… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I never like the TV or movie Harvard characters. The fact of the matter is that most people who go to Harvard… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The First Amendment protects the news media and the news media knows how to use it. Donald Trump doesn't understand it, he's… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Every single television product has the ambition to chase ratings, every one of them. Many have other ambitions, for many, ratings are… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The pundit world, having spent years in awe of Karl Rove, will never understand how bad he is at his White House… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never done anything that I need to be doing tomorrow. If someone says, 'We no longer want you here,' I won't… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I spent a few years after college as a Boston public school teacher and I loved it. But I was never committed… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never designed anything in my life to accommodate MSNBC. I've had to squeeze it in. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions` nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I don`t think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They`re not there to be partisans, they`re not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image