Mike Gallagher

“When school officials want to get a teacher out of the classroom, they have to go through an arduous and multi-year process involving hearings and appeals and lawyers and more hearings. All the while, the teacher draws full pay.”

“The silliest, most frustrating national dialogue has been this chattering about waterboarding and slapping around bad guys in order to extract information from them.”

“Sharing bad news with strangers is most certainly a selfish act.”

“We know how to take care of one another without whining and accusing and belly-aching.”

“The failure to readily identify the battle between good and evil is a nagging, ongoing, dangerous pattern that shows no sign of easing up any time soon.”

“Sen. McCain isn't someone who strikes you as a particularly dynamic speaker. He doesn't seem to like the formality of giving speeches. He clearly isn't too comfortable reading off a TelePrompter.”

“I cannot imagine what it must feel like to be treated differently because of the color of my skin.”

“Oddly enough, Asians are a much smaller 'minority' than African Americans in this country. But because Asians are so successful, college admission officers don't feel sorry for them, so they are not a preferred 'minority.'”

“'We don't torture' is the anguished cry of squishy people who have decided that trying to frighten terrorists by roughing them up is somehow the very definition of torture.”

“I think that the tea party, grassroots ideology will win every time.”

“Education means teaching kids how to do stuff and how to think about stuff. Education is a pretty simple concept with a very clear way to measure results: you give some kind of an exam - maybe it's one of those standardized tests all kids hate, maybe it's some kind of essay, but whatever it is, it'll measure the results, and the kids will hate it.”

“All Israel wants to do is survive.”

“I'd like liberals to listen to my show and not feel offended. The fact that the love of my life was a liberal, I think that probably surprises people who expect me to spew just contempt for the other side.”

“Maybe I'm just as bad as my critics who hound me.”

“Ask any cop, and they'll assure you that it doesn't exactly take a forensics team from NCIS to figure out that someone is an illegal.”

“America is full of success stories featuring victories by the underdog.”

“The public can't be fooled all the time.”

“I've made mistakes, usually when I felt backed against a wall or faced enormous pressure. I'm human and flawed.”

“People on the Left get a pass when it comes to condemning white Americans.”

“Few news stories can demonstrate the stark difference between conservatism and liberalism like the George Zimmerman trial has done.”