Ed Schultz

“I was the first reporter in the country to get a U.S. Senator on the air during the 9/11 attacks - I was broadcasting from the Hart Building.”

“Nothing replaces hard work. The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

“Since when is it against the law to meet with people from another country?”

“I'm not going to apologize for my success. How I live is no secret.”

“The average commercial radio listener in America is not looking for lofty, intellectual subjects. This isn't brain surgery. It's about striking the passion of the people.”

“There's all kinds of envy out there on the Left.”

“I'm prairie-dwelling, pro-union, pro-health care, and pro-education.”

“Money is not a measure of a man's character or success in the arena of public service.”

“I support collective bargaining everywhere.”

“How did a prairie-dwelling, red-meat-eating, gun-toting former conservative become the hope of liberal radio? It all started with this annoying habit I have of speaking my mind.”

“If you do a cable show, you have a radio show, whatever, if you're fat and you've got red hair, look, they're going to pick on you.”

“This is what the Republican party stands for, though: racism.”

“Oh yea, I was a conservative. I was probably hard-line, preoccupied with how much money I would make and how far I would go. But I began seeing a lady who directs a homeless clinic in Fargo. One of our first get-togethers was to a Salvation Army dinner, where I met some jobless Vietnam veterans. It started my transition, opened my eyes.”