Tucker Carlson

If things do get better in Iraq, I'm saying as someone who thinks the war was a mistake. I'm saying that is cause for us all to have a huge party. It's a big deal if things get better. Because if they don't get better, our country is going to be hurt for generations.

I'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.

I don't think all people yearn for freedom, actually. I think they yearn for stability.

This is a major step forward in achieving our objective, which is an ally having a democratic Iraq, a country able to sustain itself and defend itself, a country that will be an ally in the war on terror and a country which will set such a powerful example to others in the region.

Republicans can't run for office without the support of business.

The disgraceful and shameful construction of walls, the increasing enforcement of security systems and increasing violation of human rights and labor rights will not protect the economy of the United States.

Why is this generation looking to aging icons like John Lennon and Bob Dylan for inspiration? Why not raising up their own icons?

Is calling English our national language racist? Are we at that point?

The modern tribalism of the left demands that each person choose a group and then agree with everything that group agrees with. And anybody who leaves that group is stoned to death.

Angelina Jolie seems like she cries a lot, which puts me off.

Rich people making their houses bigger in order to make their lives happier wind up hurting their own marriages. There's a deep irony here. Do the couples perceive that irony?

Yes, older drivers are more likely to injure themselves and others when they get behind the wheel. But if you take that away, that is really the last lifeline a lot of elderly people have.

I have never been one to look beyond today.

I am really only interested in new information, not freelance opinion. I don't really care what you think off the top of your head.

American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

Feminism's latest victory: the right to get your limbs blown off in war. Congratulations.

I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to,

Politicians are interesting people, most of them are smart and hard-working-I mean, they keep schedules no one else would think of keeping. Some of them live down to the caricature, but most of them are good people and they are charming.

Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.

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

The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994.

I think [Pat] Buchanan is far too easily and glibly dismissed.

It's almost impossible to make the case that Bush is a conservative. That may be good; that may be bad.

Grover Norquist is a mean-spirited, humorless, dishonest little creep... an embarrassing anomaly, the leering, drunken uncle everyone else wishes would stay home... [He] is repulsive, granted, but there aren't nearly enough of him to start a purge trial.

I mean, look, no matter how you feel about Bush, watching him speak is difficult. It's like- it's like watching a drunk man cross an icy street.

The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.

If it was up to the U.N., Saddam Hussein would still be killing his own people.

I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class.

Canadians are so easily wounded.

It is increasingly important to be open-minded.