38+ Glenn Reynolds Quotes On Education, Politics And Diversity

Glenn Reynolds is a law professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is known for his blog, Instapundit, which covers a variety of topics, including politics, technology, and popular culture. He is also a prominent commentator on the news, appearing frequently on television and radio programs. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Glenn Reynolds on education, politics, leadership.

Top 10 Glenn Reynolds Quotes

1. Personally, I'd be delighted to live in a country where happily married gay couples had closets full of assault weapons.
2. It's not so much about the cause, it's about feeling superior to political opponents.
3. You can't be halfhearted in a revolution. Values that serve well in a civil society don't work in a state of nature.
4. That's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows what's going on.
5. I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of an administration where any criticism of the President is treated as racism.
6. Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization.
7. Democrats don't represent the taxpayers, they represent the tax-consumers.
8. I can't say I'm surprised: the grassroots antiwar movement keeps turning out to be MoveOn/A.N.S.W.E.R. astroturf.
9. Where the U.N. is concerned, accountability is very thin on the ground in general.
10. As I have said, the best Bush strategy is to put Congress on TV as often as possible.

Glenn Reynolds Short Quotes

• Political Wire is one of the absolute must-read sites in the blogosphere.
• Things that can't go on forever, won't. Debts that can't be paid, won't be.
• [B]ipartisanship means tarring and feathering politicans from both major parties.
• The new racism is anything that might hurt a Democrat politically.

Glenn Reynolds Quotes About Politics

As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when they spend your taxes, it always seems to go to some guy in a leather chair downtown you never heard of. — Glenn Reynolds

With 'swift-boating' now being used by the ignorant as a synonym for false charges, it's worth remembering that it was John Kerry who had to retract his statement about his secret Christmas mission to Cambodia, despite it having allegedly been 'seared, seared' into his memory. — Glenn Reynolds

What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that they're not an elite at all. That is, they aren't particularly smart, or competent. — Glenn Reynolds

Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays. — Glenn Reynolds

I'd actually love to think that I could trust Kerry on national security. But the only way I could do that, at this point, would be via self-delusion. — Glenn Reynolds

Let's be honest: Kerry has no idea what it is to be even a middle-class white in this country. — Glenn Reynolds

Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry. — Glenn Reynolds

Bush is quite vulnerable if the Democrats pick the right issues. So far, though, they've shown their usual tendency to go for the capillary. — Glenn Reynolds

When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government. — Glenn Reynolds

Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves. — Glenn Reynolds

Glenn Reynolds Famous Quotes And Sayings

[W]hen you align yourself exclusively with one party, and weaponize yourself in that party's cause, you're going to pay the price when the other party is in power. That's the price you pay for whoring yourself out. — Glenn Reynolds

[T]he notion that a belief in self-reliance cannot coexist with a spirit of generosity is crap. In fact, one is far less likely to find a spirit of generosity among the advocates of governmentally-required "compassion". — Glenn Reynolds

The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia's role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government. — Glenn Reynolds

When people say things like "don't let this moment pass without acting on gun control," what they're really saying is our arguments are so unpersuasive that they can only succeed when people aren't thinking clearly. — Glenn Reynolds

One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low. — Glenn Reynolds

But remember: All this talk of tolerance and diversity is basically just a way for one group of white people to pursue power over other groups of white people. It's not about actually helping anyone. — Glenn Reynolds

If you're a Republican who's a threat to the Democrats, of course you are a racist. That's the definition of a racist, nowadays. — Glenn Reynolds

If you only stand up for speech you approve of, you're a hack. If you only stand up for speech that everyone approves of, you're a coward. — Glenn Reynolds

As the interned American citizens of Japanese descent learned, the Bill of Rights provided them with little protection when it was needed. — Glenn Reynolds

A 'well regulated militia' was thus one that was well-trained and equipped, not one that was 'well-regulated' in the modern sense of being subjected to numerous government prohibitions and restrictions. — Glenn Reynolds

The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it. — Glenn Reynolds

Never trust anyone who calls himself a libertarian socialist. They're bound to be deeply confused, at best. — Glenn Reynolds

[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority. — Glenn Reynolds

The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption — and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good general rule is that the more a government wants to run its citizens’ lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government. — Glenn Reynolds

Life Lessons by Glenn Reynolds

1. Glenn Reynolds teaches that the law should be used to protect individual rights and promote individual liberty.
2. He believes that the law should be used to promote economic growth and social progress.
3. He encourages citizens to take an active role in shaping the law and to use the law to protect their own interests.