Quotes from Trish Regan

Thanksgiving, for me, is a time for reflection.

Human suffering is not, nor should it ever be, a political issue.

I believe a journalist needs to be free to ask the questions he or she deems relevant, without constraints from others.

A banana republic we are not.

In politics, you need to be able to live up to the hype.

Authenticity matters; and, most importantly, the truth matters.

It's our instinct to want to acquire a better lifestyle for ourselves and our families.

Every minute of every day, we should be challenging ourselves to grow intellectually and to stay curious about the world.

Transparency matters.

We capitalists? We want transparency.

We make choices every single day of our lives and those choices mean we must give up something in exchange for another. In economics it's called an 'opportunity cost.'

One thing that is clear to me: as a society, we put way too much emphasis on a slip of paper - that college diploma.

Ultimately, and I believe this is one of the fundamental problems with socialism, it's that human beings do have self-interest. It's very hard to ignore that self-interest when you're creating a government structure.

Socialism most always leads to a failure of democracy because the economic system ultimately cannot provide for its people.

We need policies that will benefit the middle class because you will not have a strong society without a strong middle class, fundamentally.

Power, greed, and perhaps more than anything, ego, are powerful emotions and motivators.

President Trump has done an extraordinary amount to promote our capitalist origins here at home while simultaneously, and this is how the government should work, protecting American workers from unbridled capitalism by redoing our trade agreements.

I speak fluent Spanish. I also speak Italian and I was once pretty decent at German.

When I go to Colombia or Mexico, I speak Spanish. When I go to Italy, I speak Italian. When I'm in Germany, I speak German. Would I expect them to speak English in these countries? No. I mean, great if they do, but no. Would I be offended if in Spain they say we speak Spanish? No. If I was an immigrant there, no.

I'm not political, but I am policy-oriented and I am interested in the right moves for our economy, for our nation; but I'm also always willing to listen.

Donald Trump is President of the United States and his National Security Council works for him. If he wants to fire someone, so be it.

Using flimsy evidence to spy on innocent citizens could very well be a crime.

As an American, I would really like it if, just for once, Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 'The Squad' would focus on proposing and shepherding meaningful policy reforms for the country, wouldn't you?

In life, you need some backbone. You need to stand for something.