Quotes from Alan Colmes

In high school, I never felt in with the in-crowd.

My side, I am a liberal more than a Democrat.

Some liberals have a problem with me simply because I work at Fox, and nothing I do short of storming off the set in a rage will get them to respect that I work there.

Benghazi is not a scandal; Benghazi was a tragedy.

Air America Radio was thinking of hiring me, but they discovered something in my past that didn't sit well with them: radio experience.

We live in a liberal country. If you came here from Iraq or Iran, you really would think that we are quite a liberal country.

Christians get trees. Jews get bushes. To stay in good standing with the Tribe, you've got to refer to a Christmas tree as a Hanukkah bush.

Rush Limbaugh advocating for objectivity is like Donald Trump advocating for humility.

I'm quite moderate.

If I, as a liberal, didn't speak out against those who would squelch the free speech of conservatives, I wouldn't deserve to call myself a liberal.

There is no asterisk in the Constitution that says 'except for hate speech.'

The National Rifle Association has an extensive enemies list, and I am, frankly, insulted that I am not on it.

I think most people have that crazy uncle they sit at Thanksgiving dinner with: someone they disagree with politically but love them anyway.

I did standup comedy. I opened once for Jay Leno.

'Never forget' is correct. But the place to remember is in our hearts, not in lavish ceremonies.

Mourning never ends for those who've faced unimaginable losses.

If you're going to make the argument that Fox is conservative, you can't make it very easily unless you diminish my role.

Talk radio can't work unless you have the kind of independence you get by being part of an independent news network. You can't be beholden to an agenda, and that's what I like about Fox: It doesn't have one.

Thankfully, we live in country, unlike Russia, where we have First Amendment rights.

Almost everything I think we've accomplished for the good of the country has been because of liberals against conservative opposition.

I'm not an angry person. I get my point out, I'm true to what I believe, and I sleep well at night.

I will continue to speak out against the views of both Limbaugh and Hannity when I feel it's warranted, meeting their free speech with my own. But I will never forget that, without them, I'd have a much smaller platform on which to do it.