Alan Colmes

“I'm a broadcaster who happens to be liberal, and not the other way around.”

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

“Even if everything its detractors say about Fox were true, the most liberal of liberal attitudes would be that one would get credit for being in the lion's den.”

“We are living out the liberal dream of our founders. The Constitution, the very liberal document - we have gone beyond English common law, which was the basis of law in the West.”

“I don't judge my effectiveness by how many words I say. I think liberals often see nuances in things... Conservatives tend to see things in black and white. It gives them an air of certainty and conviction that might make them more comfortable to watch.”

“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.”

“Change is always something you have to go through.”

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

“We live in a liberally free country founded by people who were liberal. They were beyond liberal - they were revolutionaries.”

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

“To be successful in talk radio, you have to have a conservative audience as well. Not enough liberals listen to it.”

“A lot of people listen to Rush Limbaugh just because he's a great entertainer.”

“I save all my good e-mails. Listen to this one: 'You liberals should be deported.'”

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

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

“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.”

“'Collective' sounds like communism, but we do work and live in a society where there is a collective well-being.”

“I always wanted to be on the radio. But my background is more entertainment than journalism.”

“People say to me, 'Why don't you fight fire with fire?' You fight fire with water, not fire.”

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