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Chris Matthews

(1911–1965) Rugby Union Player United States

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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

You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle East.

East

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Natural-born American means you don`t have to be naturalized. You were born to an American mother, like President Obama, no matter where…

Born

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I think that the candidates who are doing it [not debating] are doing a great disservice to the party. It`s a sign…

Candidates

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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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The whole reason we organize grassroots is, we think any politician that gets elected needs to be held accountable 365 days a year.

Grassroots

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I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

Barack

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What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk…

Happens

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I`m closer to anybody who believes that we should lead not from behind, but from the front. Rand Paul is one step…

Aggressive

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Let's not forget, Sarah Palin may not have a golden touch, but she gave Christine O'Donnell candidate a big touch that got…

Bigs

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Here`s the Republican Party with round heels for anybody who says the right thing at the current moment. Regardless of their record,…

Character

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When lightning strikes you want to be there, right there in the room. You, not everybody`s going to say yes to you.…

Lightning

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Sarah Palin is an empty vessel ready to be filled by ideology that she doesn't even understand, and that is really scary.…

Empty

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“Earlier that year, at the hundredth anniversary of his Harvard club, a member was talking about the spirit of Harvard College and…

American patriot

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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?

Country

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I'm not just gonna go after the black Jesse Jackson they all want to make fun of, but I know the wrong…

Black

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Being a little older is not going to win election. Being a little younger might, especially if the older candidates, Hillary Clinton…

Candidates

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It [smoking] was like an aphrodisiac. Actors would say let's have another cigarette on that great scenes, and they'd blow smoke in…

Actors

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It was fascinating what a total interest he [John F. Kennedy] had in his tradecraft of being a politician. I didn't realize…

Congress

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I am no longer going to go along with this idea that we're going to keep spending and borrowing and taking over…

Borrowing

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Wouldn`t it be great for some of the Republican candidates to stand up to the money guys and say, if you want…

Candidates

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Isn't Hollywood - and I love movies - a lot of it about a big lie?

Bigs

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I`m impressed that people out there in Pennsylvania, deer hunter country, have had it with these stupid wars, that they don`t go…

Bigs

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I think, internally, we Catholics have known this for a long time. I think we're just thrilled and grateful that the rest…

Catholic

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I'm trying to put the ridiculousness to bed. The president of the United States is the president of the United States.

Bed

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We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker…

Brokers

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