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Chris Matthews

(1911–1965) Rugby Union Player United States

213 quotes in 1085 categories

Chris Matthews delivers commentary with a blend of analysis and wit. Across 213 excerpts you’ll encounter his take on current events, leadership, and the nuances of power, offering a concise look at his journalistic voice.

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Chris Matthews was a rugby union player from the United States, best known for American.

Quick Facts About Chris Matthews

Born: August 16, 1911
Died: December 5, 1965
Nationality: United States
Profession: Rugby Union Player
Notable works: American
Spouse: Kathleen Matthews

About Chris Matthews

Christopher John Matthews is an American political commentator, retired talk show host, and author. Matthews hosted his weeknight hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, on America's Talking and later on MSNBC, from 1997 until 2020. He announced on his final episode that he was retiring, following an accusation that he had made inappropriate comments to a Hardball guest four years earlier.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Chris Matthews

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

Audience

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I used to love hand raising.

Hand

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Any jackass can talk about bombing Iran.

Bombing

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You can't be loved for long if you're not feared.

Fear

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Keep you enemies in front of you.

Enemies

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Keep your enemies in front of you.

Enemies

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I never wrote off [Donald] Trump.

Donald trump

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Every party and every movement tends to need a hero.

Equality

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America's the one country in the world where anybody who comes here does better than where they came from.

America

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B.B. King will be remembered for his impressive skills on the guitar, that King defined the blue genre.

Blue

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This looking down our noses at tea party people has got to stop,

Looking down

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Canonization in modern times is a very, almost scientific process.

Modern

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They were unable to stand up and say: 'Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.'

Against

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It's a fact of life that positive reasons don't always get people to vote. You need some negative reasons.

Facts

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Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.

Inspirational

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I've never heard anybody [of president's candidates] talk about the poorly educated.

Candidates

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Republicans woke up Sunday with an undeniable reality. Donald Trump's the clear front-runner now for their party's nomination. Trump, celebrated, of course,…

Bigs

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To become a saint in the Catholic Church, the normal procedure is, beatification, requiring one miracle in your name, then canonization, roughly…

Catholic

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I don't know why his lawyers didn't tell him, 'You don't have to answer any questions about your private life, Mr. President.…

Heat

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“He's cutting the heart out of the American dream to own a home and have a good job ... and still he's…

American dream

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Most politicians have to find a way past that allergy. They have to find a way to go door to door, person…

Allergies

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I think we all [americans] think we're a special country. But the question is, what - what call does that give us?

America

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Isn't it odd that the guy was politically correct in one particularly weird way. Bill Clinton never lit a cigar.

Bills

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In the world of late-night comics, Letterman made us feel any hometown boy from Indianapolis could poke fun at celebrities and politicians…

Boys

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The overall campaign launch is designed to break through the clutter and reach out to consumers. At the end of the day,…

Accounts

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Rush Limbaugh is beginning to look more and more like Mr. Big, and at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2…

Bigs

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I tried to talk to the graduates who haven't figured what they're going to do next. The kids who are heading in…

Education

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I wanted to know how Jackie felt about [John F. Kennedy], and I got to know Rachel "Bunny" Mellon. Bunny and her…

Buddy

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I think the Clintons are going to make their decision based on the merits. And their focus, like mine, is on middle…

China

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The holy father John Paul II made a profound impact wherever he went. And, of course, his trip to Boston was one…

Boston

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People in a state like Pennsylvania, especially in the middle of the state, as you say, want the focus on repairing the…

Blow

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Be tough, hold a tough line, but don't be running off into another war, especially since even if you support our troops…

Blood

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“In late September 1955, on vacation in Denver, President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in the early hours of the morning. Speculation…

Eisenhower

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The problem is there are people in this country - maybe 10%, I don't know what the number, maybe 20% on a…

Bad day

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The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we…

Assembly

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Campaign manager Eli Gold played by Alan Cumming on "The Good Wife" describing an old maxim in politics, don't commit to a…

Agendas

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“It was his detachment that saved us. Another man would have reacted with force to the Soviet treachery. He would have shared…

Another man

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It does look like it's almost like South Africa to this extent: You have a white - what's the word - feeble…

Democratic

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“the Senate in 1958. He was the”

Senate

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The Kennedys formed a Kennedy party.

Kennedy

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Chris Matthews by topic

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