When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
You go to Brooklyn, everybody's got a beard and plaid shirt. They may be able to tell each other apart, but they… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fight over it. And we… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Who needs a bullet piercing, armor piercing bullet to go hunting? Who needs an assault rifle to go hunting? You can't even… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
I think secrets are something that you keep or are afraid to share because you think they're going to harm you in… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing,… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
People all the time say to me, 'You look just like Don Lemon,' and I would go, 'I hear that all the… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can? — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
When someone is in our tribe, I think it's particularly easier for us to tell them apart, because we're used to their facial features. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
I do feel that Paula Deen should not have lost her job, and I've said this on the air. The marketplace should have decided.… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
