Rush once asked me about cowardice, even on the right

He knew being hated is a byproduct of truth telling

"There's a good reason for the media hating me...One of the toughest things I had to do was learn to psychologically accept the fact that being hated was a sign of success"

Rush: "Have you encountered people on our side who have let you down...Have you had people on our side ask you to tone it down?"

"You know Rush, one thing you said that really resonated with me is — our adversaries circle the wagons and our allies circle the firing squad..."

"There's a good reason for the media hating me. And once I came to grips with that fact, that there's a reason they should hate me, then it makes sense. One of the toughest things I had to do was learn to psychologically accept the fact that being hated was a sign of success."

"Most people aren't raised to be hated. We're all raised to be loved. We want to be loved. We're told to do things to be loved and appreciated and liked. We're raised, don't offend anybody, be nice. Everybody wants total acceptance. Everybody wants respect."

Everybody wants to be loved, and so when you learn that what you do is going to engender hatred you have to learn to accept that as a sign of success. That was a tough psychological thing for me".