Quotes from Rachel Maddow

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

The thing about rights is they're not actually supposed to be voted on. That's why they're called rights.

Social security isn't a ponzi scheme. It's not bankrupting us. It's not an outrage. It is working.

It is hard to know what Sarah Palin means in Republican politics anymore.

if you want to achieve immortality, see what you can do about getting yourself turned into a Pentagon program.

If you want to make the government take a religious side, then make the case, it should be Christian republic.

The single best thing about honesty is that it requires no follow-up.

I'm a sarcastic person. I learn through humor.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up.

I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.

As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

After we graduate tonight, we no longer have to let society happen to us. We get to create our own.

My life is better with every year of living it.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Every popular zillion dollar sport has its share of personal scandals around the sport and its leadership.

I recommend sports, I don't recommend gambling.

At a time when America should be doing everything we can to lead the fight to defeat ISIS and other radical jihadists, Donald Trump is playing right into their hands.

The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway.

The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.