Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among blacks and Latinos in big cities. – Juan Williams
If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else – fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism – then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of political criticism experienced by his predecessors. – Juan Williams
When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama’s efforts – TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform – there is a lot of sense this government is changing. – Juan Williams
When I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous. – Juan Williams
The question now is does Obama have any hope of raising money? I don’t think he’ll raise it out of the New York people, I don’t think he’s going to raise it out the Hollywood people, so where’s the money going to come from for Barack Obama? – Juan Williams
Alaska and Montana are not in the south but they definitely form part of the crimson tide of red states where Republicans are dominant. – Juan Williams
Yes, agriculture subsidies are far too generous. They need to be reined in because they cater to special interests while distorting free market competition. Yes, the farm laws are an anachronistic mess. – Juan Williams
Every American president must be held to the highest standard. No president of any color should be given a free pass for screw-ups, lies or failure to keep a promise. – Juan Williams
Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims. – Juan Williams
Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a result they have been aggressive advocates of school reform, charter schools and vouchers for private schools. – Juan Williams
In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not run for a second term. – Juan Williams
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in the context of guns would also mean taking on a subject that can’t be addressed by passing a law: the family-breakdown issues that lead too many minority children to find social status and power in guns. – Juan Williams
There is no debating that, under President Obama, corporate profits are at their highest levels in decades. – Juan Williams
Hikes in the debt ceiling – without any political demands from the opposition party – had been routine until President Obama took office. – Juan Williams
For me, the key is I always have to be the same person. If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, ‘The guy is a hypocrite.’ – Juan Williams
While Planned Parenthood provides abortions at some of their clinics, it also provides healthcare services for poor women, including checkups, mammograms, cervical cancer screenings and contraceptives. – Juan Williams
There is absolutely zero chance that ObamaCare will be repealed while Democrats control the Senate and President Obama is in the White House. – Juan Williams
When I’m on TV, I’m often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You’ve got very limited time, and you’re using ‘sound-bite’ type language. – Juan Williams
The teachers’ unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children. – Juan Williams
I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws. – Juan Williams
Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns. – Juan Williams
As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his political legacy. – Juan Williams
Beyond budget fights, the Obama second-term agenda was supposed to be about passing comprehensive immigration reform. – Juan Williams
The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by the press as normal and not worth mentioning. Let me be the skunk at this political garden party and say this stinks. Representative government was not designed to work this way by the Founding Fathers. – Juan Williams
When it comes to serious cuts to major programs like Medicaid, the American people are not calling for leadership but magic. They want cuts with no pain. – Juan Williams
The 112th Congress passed only 220 laws, the lowest number enacted by any Congress. In 1948, when President Truman called the 80th Congress a ‘Do-Nothing’ Congress, it had passed more than 900 laws. – Juan Williams
The Republicans want to turn Medicare into a voucher plan that will end guaranteed coverage of medical bills for the elderly. – Juan Williams
Republicans believed that their job was not governing but blocking any idea coming from President Obama and the Democrats, and wiping out Democrats in the 2012 election. – Juan Williams
In 2008, Obama won 56 percent of the women’s vote to John McCain’s 43 percent. It was the critical difference in the race. – Juan Williams
