Ed Schultz Quotes

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

"We never see any journalism or documentaries on the oceans and what we're doing on this Earth and how it affects the oceans and how important they are. I'm intrigued by it. It's almost an untold story."

"No poem in the world could do my mom justice. Despite circumstance and adversity, she had an unwavering love for her kids and a faith-based, boundless capacity for forgiveness."

"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."

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

"The righties connect with Joe Beercan better than the Democrats do."

"I do think that every super power on the globe has a very poor record on human rights."

"I think the United States has a nasty human-rights record."

"The president of the United States, Barack Obama, deserves the benefit of the doubt and our support in his decision to use military force in Libya."

"It took a few years before I realized there was life after football."

"Radio is about emotion."

"I was pretty much a warmonger and a pretty greedy guy. I always wanted to make as much money as I possibly could and felt the downtrodden didn't deserve a break."

"Sometimes, when I open my mouth, all hell breaks loose. Other times, I feel like a voice in the wilderness and I wonder, 'Does anybody get this?'"

"Nobody is going to tell Ed Schultz what to say."

"In Russia, Vladimir Putin is viewed as a progressive Democrat."

"Full disclosure: the Russians did not tell Hillary Clinton, 'Don't go to Wisconsin.'"

"If you're going to have an exchange of ideas, the only thing you can do is to meet people face-to-face in front of a crowd who may think differently than you do. I mean, that's what democracy is about, isn't it?"

"I lined up with the Republicans because they were antitax, and I wanted to make a lot of money."

"They ought to be focused on saving healthcare. They ought to be focused on making sure we don't privatize Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. That's where the Democrats ought to be."

"I don't agree with Trump on everything."

"I think Donald Trump is a racist."

"When it comes down to the devil in the detail of dealing with the issues... and making real change, Trump, you don't have it. You've never had it."

"Trump gives public service a bad image. It's not about flash, it's not about wealth, and it's not about hairstyle. It's about doing something for people and being an advocate for the community you represent."

"I admit that I'm fat."

"If we start attacking advertisers because of what somebody said - it's the wrong thing to do."

"I'm a liberal - and I'm not running from that word!"

"Viewers don't want you to walk the fence - they do want a point of view - and that's what we bring."

"The Republican effort to make the September 11th attack on Benghazi into a scandal is really about one thing and one thing only: Hillary Clinton."

"Whether you like it or not, Santorum is as good as President Obama with a crowd."

"I'm not your quintessential liberal."