Lou Dobbs Quotes:

The fact is whether one looks at this [outsourcing] in terms of men and women, working men and women in this country who are simply being screwed, or whether one looks at this in terms of corporations who are benefiting, the fact is it is certainly not helping the American economy.

Topics: Country, Men, Looks, Outsourcing, Working Man

If CEOs insist that middle class Americans compete with cheap foreign labor, why not outsource the jobs of CEOs? If business is all about cost, they should be the first to volunteer.

Topics: Jobs, Class, Volunteer

Israel is extraordinary blessed to have [Benjamin Netanyahu] as prime minister at this pivotal time in history and so is the United States of America to hear his voice against this deal.

Topics: Blessed, Israel, Voice

I'm one of those fellas who's got lots of regrets, but I don't regret having regrets.

source: - "Lou Dobbs: What I've Learned" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. January 11, 2010.

Topics: Regret, Fellas, Don't Regret

We're all confounded by a lack of time.

source: - "Lou Dobbs: What I've Learned" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. January 11, 2010.

Topics: Time, Lack Of Time

The invasion of illegal aliens is threatening the health of many Americans.

source: - "Lou Dobbs Tonight", edition.cnn.com. April 14, 2005.

Topics: Invasion, Aliens, Threatening

We expect a horse race, ... The reality is that competition drives all innovation. Intel did nothing with its 386 chip for five years until AMD introduced its own version in 1991.

Topics: Horse, Reality, Years

It is the members of this business elite . . . that pose the greatest danger to our American way of life. They are the ones who've bought and paid for members of both political parties. . . .

source: - Lou Dobbs (2006). “War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War ont he American Dream and How to Fight Back”, p.29, Penguin

Topics: Party, Political, Way, American Way Of Life

Competition is the hallmark of a free enterprise economy. For the past thirty years, however, corporate America has been doing everything it can to cut competition, with major corporations merging and consolidating at every opportunity.

source: - Lou Dobbs (2006). “War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War ont he American Dream and How to Fight Back”, p.110, Penguin

Topics: Cutting, Opportunity, Past, Corporate America, Thirty Years

The idea that a reporter has to be 'fair and balanced' is ridiculous. The fact is, the truth usually is not fair and it's not balanced. Truth stands by itself. And the idea that something called fair and balanced is a substitute for truth and fact is mindless nonsense that has captured much of the national media.

source: - Studio Briefing, movieweb.com. October 17, 2005.

Topics: Ideas, Media, Political

God bless the Florida Supreme Court.

source: - "Lou Hobbs Tonight", www.cnn.com. January 6, 2006.

Topics: God, Florida, Bless

We have 23 million people unemployed. They're America's forgotten people. It's the damndest thing that this much collateral damage is acceptable to this [Barack Obama] administration.

source: - "Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs Says Candy Crowley 'Took Over' Debate (Q&A)". Interview With Paul Bond, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 21, 2012.

Topics: America, People, Damage, Collateral Damage, Collateral

Hansen’s disease”—that’s the other modern name, I guess, for leprosy—“Hansen’s disease was so rare in the America that in 40 years only 900 people were afflicted. Suddenly, in the past three years, America has more than 7,000 cases of leprosy

Topics: Past, Years, Names

I am not a person who is particularly patient with anyone so I am certainly not going to be patient with myself I think.

source: - Source: www.gq.com

Topics: Thinking, Patient, Be Patient

I don't think we need to deal with just one thing. Look at where we are now compared to where we were when he [Barack Obama] walked into office. It's not a happy path.

source: - "Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs Says Candy Crowley 'Took Over' Debate (Q&A)". Interview with Paul Bond, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 21, 2012.

Topics: Thinking, Office, Needs

I've made it clear in my reporting that we need a rational, effective and humane system. I don't support amnesty, and for that reason amnesty groups attack me. That's fine, it's a free country. Their attacks don't give me too much concern.

source: - "Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs Says Candy Crowley 'Took Over' Debate (Q&A)". Interview with Paul Bond, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 21, 2012.

Topics: Country, Giving, Support

My council to Ted [Turner] is that he should watch Fox Business. He'll be elated to find how much substance there is in our news.

source: - Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

Topics: Watches, News, Substance, Turner

He [Barack Obama] is been boffo at fundraising - 220 fundraisers, and he raised something approaching $1 billion.

source: - Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

Topics: Fundraising, Billions, Raised, Fundraiser

The people I worked with were supportive, and I'm flattered that you would call what I did 'acting.'

source: - "Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs Says Candy Crowley 'Took Over' Debate (Q&A)". Interview with Paul Bond, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 21, 2012.

Topics: People, Supportive, Acting

[I talk politics with Ted Turner] quite often. Usually with a great deal of excitement, because he has one political view and I have another. Despite our politics,we've agreed to be friends.

source: - Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

Topics: Views, Political, Excitement, Political View

I think there are enough professional actors to fill in for me in my absence. I enjoyed it, but I can't imagine a role that would be interesting beyond playing myself.

source: - "Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs Says Candy Crowley 'Took Over' Debate (Q&A)". Interview with Paul Bond, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 21, 2012.

Topics: Thinking, Interesting, Would Be

I am not one of those people who like to play. I don't. I'm neither coy, nor do I, in any way, want to ask anyone to put up with somebody playing Hamlet.

source: - Source: www.gq.com

Topics: Play, People, Want

Hansen’s disease”—that’s the other modern name, I guess, for leprosy—“Hansen’s disease was so rare in the America that in 40 years only 900 people were afflicted. Suddenly, in the past three years, America has more than 7,000 cases of leprosy

Topics: Leprosy