Quotes from Tucker Carlson

When it comes to scaring the bourgeoisie into showing up at the polls, nothing works better than negative advertising.

There will always be some who, for whatever reason, find themselves dependent on the charity of others. But when half the population is along for the ride, the system becomes dangerously out of balance. Things fall apart.

It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it?

You don't criticize your employer.

Under no circumstances am I going to criticize my family in public.

Christianity isn't dead. It still has the capacity to scare people. It still gives people the creeps, which means there is still some power behind the religion, as sort of watered down as it can be.

American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

People with conservative temperaments don't become fighter pilots or presidential candidates - they're all that way to some extent.

I only want to debate people who are more powerful than I am.

Senator McConnell is by all accounts a decent person. He's pretty conservative, too.

The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.

It's easy to mock a man who has founded a religion based on John Coltrane, who considers 'A Love Supreme,' whatever its merits as a jazz album, to be holy scripture.

Some white people are privileged, some aren't. Some black people are, some aren't. It's strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it's making a generalization - a negative one - based on skin color.

As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person.

American presidential elections usually amount to a series of overcorrections: Clinton begat Bush, who produced Obama, whose lax border policies fueled the rise of Trump.

You want people with different life experiences as a backstop against bad decision.

It's normal for people, especially politicians, to expect rewards in return for favors.

Who laughs less than feminists?

You can't fix a problem if you don't have the words to describe it. You can't even think about it clearly.

The rapid growth of prenatal testing has had some undeniably positive effects: A woman who knows she will bear a child with a handicap can plan to deliver in a hospital equipped for risky births. And many couples prefer the opportunity to prepare psychologically for the work of raising a disabled child.

As a rule, the civil-rights establishment is not punctual.

I'm not much of an economic conservative, and I'm not conservative at all on foreign policy.

Get-educated-quick schemes are usually about as sound as subprime mortgage-backed securities: Enticing but basically fraudulent.

Seldom has a politician left public office with more self-generated fanfare than Sen. William S. Cohen.