Tucker Carlson

“Journalists typically don't carry weapons, even in war zones, for fear of compromising their status as neutral observers. If you're armed, the theory goes, other armed people will consider you a target.”

“I'm Christian. I've made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances.”

“You don't criticize your employer.”

“I can't wait to work for Rick Kaplan. He's a great producer. I would host an infomercial if he would produce it.”

“You can look different but have the same values. That's not diversity; it's conformity.”

“In the Nation of Islam, Akbar Muhammad is a big deal.”

“If you want another world war, run up unsustainable debts.”

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

“It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.”

“Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already.”

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

“Apart from its dangers, much of Iraq isn't very interesting to look at. The landscape is flat and dun colored. The dirt just beyond the highway is littered with hunks of twisted and mangled metal, some of it the detritus of wars, some of it just unclaimed junk. The countryside looks muddy and broken.”

“I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.”

“Although virtually all Republicans campaign on fiscal restraint, how many actually care about it deeply?”

“He'll likely be remembered as a political figure, but I don't recall Andrew Breitbart ever mentioning electoral politics. It bored him.”

“I have never been one to look beyond today.”

“I think Michael Moore is loathsome, though, not because he dislikes Bush, but because he seems to dislike America.”

“Nobody wants to be seen with a bigot.”

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

“Carrying an automatic weapon in a Third World country beyond the easy reach of higher authority? The job description is like a bug light to borderline personalities.”