--- title: "19 President Quotes By Lawrence O'Donnell" description: "19 President quotes by Lawrence O'Donnell. Plus more from Lawrence O'Donnell and more President sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_barack_forty-four-percent-of-republican-voters_1814293.jpg" --- > [ Forty four percent of Republican voters believe President \[Barack\] Obama was not born in the United States. They believe he is not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/forty-four-percent-of-republican-voters-believe-president-barack/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_barack_forty-four-percent-of-republican-voters_1814293.jpg) > [Someone who traffics in much more than what Jeff Sessions said back then will be with the president every day in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/someone-who-traffics-in-much-more-than-what-jeff-sessions-said-back/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_every-day_someone-who-traffics-in-much-more-than-w_1016928.jpg) > [Jeff Sessions wished he wasn't the attorney general. The president Donald Trump has the most incompetent cabinet in history, and he's unhappy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/jeff-sessions-wished-he-wasn-t-the-attorney-general-the-president/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_attorney_jeff-sessions-wished-he-wasn-t-the-attor_2038346.jpg) > [ That seems to be a woman who is genuinely depressed that this is the political dialogue she \[Hillary Clinton\] is been thrown… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/that-seems-to-be-a-woman-who-is-genuinely-depressed-that-this-is-the/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_21st-century_that-seems-to-be-a-woman-who-is-genuinel_1017600.jpg) > [ \[Adviser is\] the ones who do the job very well are the ones who lay out the range of options, filter down… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/adviser-is-the-ones-who-do-the-job-very-well-are-the-ones-who-lay-out/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_adviser_adviser-is-the-ones-who-do-the-job-very_910002.jpg) > [Trying to turn the Congress the President on the Iran deal, - it's one thing to do that - it's a giant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-president-on-the-iran-deal-it-s-one/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_congress_trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-presiden_2484753.jpg) > [ 169 House Democrats signed a letter to the President-elect \[Donald Trump\] urging him to "rescind this appointment \[of Steve Bannon \] immediately." ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/169-house-democrats-signed-a-letter-to-the-president-elect-donald/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_appointments_169-house-democrats-signed-a-letter-to-t_1661108.jpg) > [I'm just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/i-m-just-learning-that-according-to-a-source-familiar-with-the/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_adviser_i-m-just-learning-that-according-to-a-so_348439.jpg) > [It is amazing that Jeff Sessions is still in the job. Any self-respecting Attorney General of the United States would have publicly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/it-is-amazing-that-jeff-sessions-is-still-in-the-job-any-self/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_attorney_it-is-amazing-that-jeff-sessions-is-stil_293876.jpg) > [ Sixty one percent of Donald Trump's supporters believe that President \[Barack\] Obama was not born in the United States.They believe Donald Trump's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/sixty-one-percent-of-donald-trump-s-supporters-believe-that-president/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_barack_sixty-one-percent-of-donald-trump-s-supp_1141408.jpg) > [ Fifty four percent of Republican voters believe President \[Barack\] Obama is Muslim. And 66 percent of Trump voters believe President Obama is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/fifty-four-percent-of-republican-voters-believe-president-barack/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_barack_fifty-four-percent-of-republican-voters_508959.jpg) > [ Probably about 35 percent of Donald Trump's supporters do not believe that President \[Barack\] Obama is Muslim or that he was not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/probably-about-35-percent-of-donald-trump-s-supporters-do-not-believe/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_barack_probably-about-35-percent-of-donald-trum_821556.jpg) > [The "New York Times" interview shows that the president Donald Trump believes he can get through the special prosecutor's investigation of obstruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/the-new-york-times-interview-shows-that-the-president-donald-trump/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_believe_the-new-york-times-interview-shows-that_1174470.jpg) > [The president Donald Trump told the "New York Times" that he regrets appointing Jeff Sessions. And when a president expresses no confidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/the-president-donald-trump-told-the-new-york-times-that-he-regrets/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_choices_the-president-donald-trump-told-the-new_841875.jpg) > [It's hard to think of John McCain without thinking about what a ball of energy he is. I remember when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/it-s-hard-to-think-of-john-mccain-without-thinking-about-what-a-ball/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_attitude_it-s-hard-to-think-of-john-mccain-withou_417052.jpg) > [The Republican Party is saying that the president of the United States has bosses, that the union bosses this president around -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/the-republican-party-is-saying-that-the-president-of-the-united/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_black_the-republican-party-is-saying-that-the_795244.jpg) > [The Daily Beast reports today that if Steve Bannon is denied a security clearance, the President could simply overrule that denial and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/the-daily-beast-reports-today-that-if-steve-bannon-is-denied-a/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_beast_the-daily-beast-reports-today-that-if-st_1410826.jpg) > [Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/strom-thurmond-the-former-segregationist-candidate-for-president-was/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_candidates_strom-thurmond-the-former-segregationist_2943001.jpg) > [My pick for Best Political Move of the Year, which is the decisive (ph) and this means it is actually the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/my-pick-for-best-political-move-of-the-year-which-is-the-decisive-ph/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_best-political_my-pick-for-best-political-move-of-the-y_2240401.jpg) ## Other authors on President - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 230 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jay-leno-47716.jpg) Jay Leno 197 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/jay-leno/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 153 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 110 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mitt-romney-68672.jpg) Mitt Romney 109 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/mitt-romney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-conan-obrien-24934.jpg) Conan O'Brien 97 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/conan-o-brien/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-fallon-49968.jpg) Jimmy Fallon 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/jimmy-fallon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-letterman-27689.jpg) David Letterman 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/david-letterman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mike-pence-68090.jpg) Mike Pence 74 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/mike-pence/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-j-clinton-95571.jpg) William J. Clinton 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/william-j-clinton/) ## More by Lawrence O'Donnell > [All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/all-writers-are-forced-to-live-within-deadlines-and-deadlines/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/the-question-for-the-republicans-running-the-confirmation-hearings-in/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/prosecutors-have-absolutely-no-control-over-what-witnesses-say-when/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions' nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/because-republicans-defected-and-voted-with-all-the-democrats-to/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [ In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level \[Barack\] Obama appointees will… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/in-this-case-the-government-will-essentially-be-run-by-the-people-who/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/i-ve-never-understood-the-value-of-putting-someone-on-television-to/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/the-trump-view-of-immigration-defies-our-history-immigration-is-a/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [ 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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/i-don-t-think-anybody-knows-it-was-russia-that-broke-into-the-dnc-she/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/if-a-reader-comes-across-a-story-that-makes-them-cry-you-can-be-sure/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They're not there to be partisans, they're not there to be ideologues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/national-security-advisors-are-not-there-to-be-advocates-generally/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/never-once-has-republican-world-said-hey-maybe-we-should-look-into/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/when-ronald-reagan-nominated-jeff-sessions-for-federal-district-court/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [Show business comes with wonderfully long vacations, like the life of a college professor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/show-business-comes-with-wonderfully-long-vacations-like-the-life-of/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [It is amazing that Jeff Sessions is still in the job. Any self-respecting Attorney General of the United States would have publicly resigned as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/it-is-amazing-that-jeff-sessions-is-still-in-the-job-any-self/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) > [Melania Trump's husband tweeted this: "Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/melania-trump-s-husband-tweeted-this-arianna-huffington-is/) [Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/lawrence-o-donnell/#itemlist", "name": "19 President Quotes By Lawrence O'Donnell", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Forty four percent of Republican voters believe President [Barack] Obama was not born in the United States. 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