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Lawrence O'Donnell

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I went to Harvard College, grew up in Boston, and went to high school in Boston. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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In pre-election polling, momentum is more important than position, and in primary polling, national numbers are useless. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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Successful presidential campaigns follow a two-part strategy. For Republicans, Richard Nixon described it as running to the right in the primaries and running back to the center in the general election. For Democrats, the idea is to go to the left in the primaries, then to the center. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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The United States is and will continue to be the most important country in the world, economically, militarily, intellectually. There's nothing that four years of Trump can do to stop that. What it is no longer, during the Trump years, is the leading source for better governmental arrangements between countries. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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Liberals amuse me. I am a socialist. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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I am not a liberal who is so afraid of the word that I had to change my name to progressive. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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Practical European socialists have embraced the idea that the government has a role in healthcare and in supporting strong transportation systems that do not depend entirely on individual motor vehicles. And it turns out we're all socialists now, and there are very few Americans who understand that. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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I don't think Republicans are evil. I think they mostly have a different philosophy of government than I do. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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Around the courthouse when defense lawyers are chatting about their cases, the only question they ask each other is can you put your guy on the stand? Those conversations always assume the defendant is guilty. The question is just about the degree of difficulty in presenting a defense. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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People like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been very busy educating America about just how much socialism we have, from Social Security to Medicare to public schools to public universities, and how much we love that. The truth is that there is no pure socialist or capitalist economy on earth. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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I majored in economics in college. Certain things were just out, like chemistry or biology, or science or math, that was just out of the question. That's just an aptitude impossibility, I couldn't have done it. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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At 'The West Wing,' I cast newscasters, and when you put out a casting call for actors, half of the people who come in are real local L.A. newscasters. Each time, I ended up hiring one of them, because they're better at it. Big surprise! A newscaster is better at playing a newscaster than an actor is. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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I don't trust news sources, and neither should other people. They should use them in the same way that they use medical opinions and get more than one on the important issues. Trust is the most precious thing you could possibly give to another person. But to institutions? Publications? - Lawrence O'Donnell
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The thing about live TV is that it simply has to be done, there's no space for procrastination. - Lawrence O'Donnell
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