Attorney Quote by Lawrence O'Donnell

All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be.

— 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?

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country.

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination.

— Lawrence O'Donnell