Quote

[Barack] Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo without a criminal trial because this is law of war detention.

Chris Matthews

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Chris Matthews
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: December 17
Commentator
Journalist
Television Presenter
Writer
Somerton
Philadelphia
Christopher John Matthews
Hold
Unlawful
Enemy
Detention
Law
Trial
War
Criminal
Without
Believes
Believe
Trials
Criminals
Obama
Combatants

More quotes by Chris Matthews

Image
Even if you're not a Catholic, even if you're not a Christian, in fact even if you have no religious faith at all, what people could see in Pope John Paul was a man of true and profound spiritual faith.
Chris Matthews
Image
Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there.
Chris Matthews
Image
A couple of Donald Trump people, including his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, and of course, Dr. Ben Carson, have both come out in the last days, hours, practically, and said they believe President [Barack] Obama is a legitimately elected president of the United States.
Chris Matthews
Image
While we may not mind being used, we resent deeply being made to feel discarded.
Chris Matthews
Image
This looking down our noses at tea party people has got to stop.
Chris Matthews
Image
How is this any different than the big boat argument of people when it came to African-Americans after the Civil War, decided, 'Put them on a boat and send them back where they came from?' You know, he says it in polite language, but that's what Romney's been saying, 'Get home where you came from, start all over again.'
Chris Matthews
Image
I used to love hand raising.
Chris Matthews
Image
Every party and every movement tends to need a hero.
Chris Matthews
Image
Keep you enemies in front of you.
Chris Matthews
Image
Canonization in modern times is a very, almost scientific process.
Chris Matthews
Image
I forgot he [Barack Obama] was black tonight for an hour.
Chris Matthews
Image
Hillary Clinton does very well in Pennsylvania generally. I think she connects with the working white people and all kinds of people that normally would have a problem with the modern Democratic Party.
Chris Matthews
Image
His [John Paul II] humanity, combined with his extraordinary spiritual authority, was unlike anything I've ever met.
Chris Matthews
Image
You can't be loved for long if you're not feared.
Chris Matthews
Image
Everything he's done is clean as a whistle. He's never not only broken any law, he's never done anything wrong.
Chris Matthews
Image
There is absolutely no record ever of Hillary Clinton or anyone in her campaign ever saying that President [Barack] Obama is not legitimate.
Chris Matthews
Image
The big lie is that the people who make a lot of money were the only ones that worked hard.
Chris Matthews
Image
Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic population in the world, they're going to be nationalistic, they're going to be religious, and they're going to be militant.
Chris Matthews
Image
[John F. Kennedy] kept a diary and in the White House dictated his thoughts. He felt real guilt at the killing of [Ngo Dinh] Diem, the leader of South Vietnam.
Chris Matthews
Image
I never wrote off [Donald] Trump.
Chris Matthews