conservative political commentator (1951- )
Greetings, conversationalists across the fruited plain, this is Rush Limbaugh, the most dangerous man in America, with the largest hypothalamus in North America, serving humanity simply by opening my mouth, destined for my own wing in the Museum of Broadcasting, executing everything I do flawlessly with zero mistakes, doing this show with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair because I have talent on loan from ... God. Rush Limbaugh. A man. A legend. A way of life.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
opening comments of his show, "A Man. A Legend. A What!?", Time Magazine, September 23, 1991
There's one reason why [Presidents' Day] is a holiday. It had nothing to do with our country deciding that we wanted to show reverence for our presidents, Lincoln, Washington, or all of them. Nothing to do with that. The ski industry wanted a three-day weekend.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
"Pearls of Wisdom", February 16, 2015
Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
"35 Undeniable Truths of Life"
The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
"35 Undeniable Truths of Life"
There are more American Indians alive today than there were when Columbus arrived or at any other time in history. Does this sound like a record of genocide?
RUSH LIMBAUGH
See, I Told You So
The whole notion, the whole concept of individual liberty is gone. The whole concept of limited government is gone. The whole concept of the Bill of Rights, the whole concept that the purpose of the Constitution is to limit the government, not limit the people. If you're on the verge of thinking we're losing that, then to me, that's it. That's ballgame. That's nutshell.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
The Rush Limbaugh Show, May 5, 2016
It's about panic. It's about fear. It's about instilling the American populace with terror, dread, and apprehension about the future. It's all about making you think that your way of life is "destroying the world." America is the root of all evil in the world, according to the environmentalist wackos. You, the citizens of the United States, are ruining everything.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
See, I Told You So
I've never run across anybody who suggested that women need to be reprogrammed. I don't think I've even come across anybody who wanted to teach a girl how to throw right. They just accept it is what it is. But honestly, folks, it's always reprogramming men. It's always men who seem to provide or be at the root of all of these cultural problems. And if we could just make men less like men and more like, I guess, women, then we would be rid of all of these problems.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
The Rush Limbaugh Show, September 15, 2014
What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex -- what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
referring to Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke who was denied the right to speak at a congressional hearing on contraception in which she planned to discuss a friend who needed contraception to prevent the growth of cysts, The Rush Limbaugh Show, February 29, 2012
The real issue, as far as Democrats are concerned, is the number of people receiving something from the government. This is exactly what Franklin Delano Roosevelt had in mind when he created this monster. And Clinton is planning to expand it beyond Roosevelt's wildest dreams.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
See, I Told You So
I'm not going to assume liberals are stupid, as they do with conservatives. No, I'll attribute it instead to more fraud and deceit.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
See, I Told You So
Compassion is no substitute for justice.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
"35 Undeniable Truths of Life"
I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
attributed, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh's Assault on Reason
Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
Sacramento Union, February 17, 1988
Liberalism is a scourge. It destroys the human spirit. It destroys prosperity. It assigns sameness to everybody. And wherever I find it, I oppose it.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
interview, Playboy, November 2011
We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
The Rush Limbaugh Show, March 7, 2012
Obama is a clown. You don't have to be a scientist to know that the President doesn't know what he's talking about when he says fossil fuels are the energy of the past. We have more oil than we need. We'll never run out of it. It's all we've got.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
The Rush Limbaugh Show, March 8, 2011
I'm a huge supporter of women. What I'm not is a supporter of liberalism. Feminism is what I oppose. Feminism has led women astray. I love the women's movement -- especially when walking behind it.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
"Fox & Friends", Fox News, February 3, 2010
Racist -- a person who wins an argument with a liberal.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
attributed, Embarrassingly Blind: Finding the Elephant in the Room
You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life, so I need to tell you that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
The Rush Limbaugh Show, October 10, 2003