Hate Is What We Need

All quotes by the President of the United States unless otherwise noted

"Let's all hate these people because maybe hate is what we need if we are going to get something done."—CNN interview with Larry King; 1989

"Fake news."—Twitter; multiple instances, including December 10, 2016

"Part of the problem and part of the reason it takes so long [to kick them out] is nobody wants to hurt each other anymore."—Rally in St. Louis, March 11, 2016.

"Don't be so overly dramatic about it. . . .You're saying it's a falsehood. . . . Sean Spicer gave alternate facts to that."—Kellyanne Conway, Meet the Press; January 22, 2017

"Everything I've done virtually has been a success."—Republican primary debate, Simi Valley, California; September 16, 2015

"I went to an Ivy League school. I am very highly educated. I know words. I have the best words."—Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; December 30, 2015

"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make the U.S. manufacturing noncompetitive."—Twitter; November 6, 2012

"I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it's really not a comb-over. It's sort of a little forward and back. I've combed it the same way for years. Same thing, every time."
—Rolling Stone; May 11, 2011

"Do I look like a president? How handsome am I? Right? How handsome?"—Rally in Pennsylvania; April 25, 2016

"We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea."—Speech at the United Nations; September 19, 2017

"Women: you have to treat them like shit."—New York magazine; 1992

"I'm not Steve Bannon. I'm not trying to suck my own cock."—Anthony Scaramucci, The New Yorker; July 27, 2017

"When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."—Unedited transcript of tape; Access Hollywood; 2005

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."
—Rally in Iowa; January 23, 2016

"Look at my African-American here!"—Rally in California; June 3, 2016

"If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of 'em. Seriously, OK? Just knock the hell—I promise you, I will pay the legal fees. I promise. I promise."—Rally in Iowa; February 1, 2016

"I really just see the bigness of it all."—Transcript of AP interview, April 28, 2017

"I alone can fix it."—Republican National Convention; July 21, 2016

"Mexico will pay for the wall."—Twitter; September 1, 2016

"I have to have Mexico pay for the wall. I have to. I have been talking about it for a two-year period."—Phone call with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto; January 27, 2017

"I would bring back waterboarding. And I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than water-boarding."—Republican primary debate, New Hampshire; February 6, 2016

"Don't tell me it doesn't work—torture works."—Campaign event, South Carolina; February 17, 2016

"We will have so much winning if I get elected. You may get bored with winning, believe me."—Rally in Washington, DC; September 9, 2015