Lawrence O'Donnell

Go head Taggert. Take your best shot.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I'm a very slow writer.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Liberals amuse me. I am a socialist.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Politics has become show biz.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

All men in makeup are playing a part.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

It's hard to get me outraged.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I was the first person Donald Trump threatened to sue on Twitter.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I went to Harvard College, grew up in Boston, and went to high school in Boston.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I'm one of those actors who finds the part in the wardrobe.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

NBC has created a monster and it is called Donald Trump.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I discovered, to my surprise, that writing for live television made me a faster writer.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Nothing outrages and disappoints an extremist more than compromise.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Michael Flynn was one of Trump's top national security advisors throughout the campaign.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I do strive to be the Andy Kaufman of TV news.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Do away with the corporate loopholes that allow major profitable corporations to stash their money in the Cayman Islands and not pay…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

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

Political talk on TV has degenerated so much. You can say something complex on 'The West Wing' and you will not suffer…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I tend not to look at Twitter in the morning; I try to force myself not to, for time management. I'll look…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The Democrats - Democrats on board, the Congress said tax policy.But their tax policy was pretty bad, that added $800 billion to…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

169 House Democrats signed a letter to the President-elect [Donald Trump] urging him to "rescind this appointment [of Steve Bannon ] immediately."

— Lawrence O'Donnell

You have two people who I would classify as extremists. Donald Trump because of his behavior and Ted Cruz because of his…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I don't think Republicans are evil. I think they mostly have a different philosophy of government than I do.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Republicans believe that tax cuts can build buildings, all sorts of miraculous things. A lot of Democrats and liberals believe that spending…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

If you have five weeks to write an episode of television or seven months to write a movie or several years to…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

While alcohol ... continues to wreak havoc in America, supported by a $6 billion-a-year alcohol industry advertising campaign extolling the joy of…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Charlie Rangel is angry about the Iraq war, the one that Henry Kissinger has told us we can't win. Thanks, Henry, but…

— 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…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

It is highly likely that one of the two of them [ Donald Trump and Ted Cruz ] is going to be…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I don't trust news sources, and neither should other people. They should use them in the same way that they use medical…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I'd like to curl up in a ball like Hillary [Clinton]said she would but she is out. And I think we all…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The "New York Times" interview shows that the president Donald Trump believes he can get through the special prosecutor's investigation of obstruction…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

My biggest surprise of the year does involve Donald Trump and it involves his money. And I am one of the prominent…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The president Donald Trump told the "New York Times" that he regrets appointing Jeff Sessions. And when a president expresses no confidence…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

It's hard to think of John McCain without thinking about what a ball of energy he is. I remember when I was…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Probably about 35 percent of Donald Trump's supporters do not believe that President [Barack] Obama is Muslim or that he was not…

— 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…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

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…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Everything I ever suggested for 'The West Wing' comes from my work with Senator Moynihan.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I've never designed anything in my life to accommodate MSNBC. I've had to squeeze it in.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The George Wallace campaign in 1968 was the model for the Trump campaign in 2016.

— Lawrence O'Donnell