Alan Colmes

Journalist

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Thankfully, we live in country, unlike Russia, where we have First Amendment rights.

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

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

If I, as a liberal, didn't speak out against those who would squelch the free speech of conservatives, I wouldn't deserve to call myself a liberal.

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

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

I don't think what you hear on talk radio is representative of America.

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

If you're a conservative, you think I'm Satan.

Talk radio can't work unless you have the kind of independence you get by being part of an independent news network. You can't be beholden to an agenda, and that's what I like about Fox: It doesn't have one.

'Liberal' is a great word - from the root, 'liberty,' which means free.

I'm not an angry person. I get my point out, I'm true to what I believe, and I sleep well at night.

I think most people have that crazy uncle they sit at Thanksgiving dinner with: someone they disagree with politically but love them anyway.

Some liberals have a problem with me simply because I work at Fox, and nothing I do short of storming off the set in a rage will get them to respect that I work there.

I don't delude myself into thinking I'll bring anyone around to my way of thinking, especially Sean Hannity.

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

Dignified and respectful quietude speaks much louder than pomp and circumstance when it comes to remembering those who died.

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

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

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