Quotes by Susan Estrich

About Susan Estrich:

Susan Estrich is an American lawyer, professor, author, political operative, feminist advocate, and political commentator for Fox News.
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In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.

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This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a certain level of cynicism.

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Three times as many people watch Fox every day as watch CNN.

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Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can't understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.

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When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?

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The personal is political, but only to a point.

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One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.

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Compared to being caught in the wrong body, being plagued by 'dysmorphic OCD thoughts,' being gay is commonplace and mostly accepted. What once seemed unimaginable and shameful has been revealed to be perfectly normal.

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It used to be that you could have fun with interviews with the foreign press, knowing that nothing you said would make it back to any voters until long after the election was over, if ever.

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Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.

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I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.

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I spend a lot of time thinking about this business of letting go - letting go of the children God gives to us for such a brief time before they go off on their own; letting go of old homes, old friends, old places and old dreams.

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There were days when I hated politics. But I fought against hating the people on the other side because we were all in the same business - the business of building our country's future.

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Why is it our business whether Sarah Palin returned to her job as governor three days after her son was born, or three months? Is there a right answer?

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The idea that somehow you're going to tax the 'rich' enough to pay for quality health care for every American who doesn't have it, can't afford it or stands to lose it, not to mention for all of the undocumented aliens who receive it for free now and...

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Moving is easy, exciting, an adventure - when you're young. Later, not so much. I love Massachusetts, my old home. Sometimes, late at night, I even study the real estate ads in my old hometown. But it's not even a fantasy. My parents are both gone. T...

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Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change.

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My only concern is that the L.A. Times opinion pages, unfortunately like too many in this country, are dominated by men, and I'd like to see that change.

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When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.

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Being liked by the boys and girls on the bus doesn't necessarily earn you the respect of the people back home. Standing up to them, giving as good as you get, all that helps.

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I can't begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much about the good coverage as the bad, because the more air they put in your balloon, the bigger the target when they start shooting.

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Author Bio

  • NameSusan Estrich
  • DescriptionAmerican lawyer, academic and political analyst
  • BornDecember 16, 1952
  • CountryUnited States Of America