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"In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's."

Jim Lehrer on Politics

More quotes about Politics

  • "Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

    John F. Kennedy on Politics

  • "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself."

    Mark Twain on Politics

  • "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

    Plato on Politics

  • "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."

    Milton Friedman on Politics

  • "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

    Joseph Stalin on Politics

More quotes by Jim Lehrer

  • "My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis."

  • "I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four."

  • "Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid."

  • "I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four."

  • "I've traveled around the country and I read local newspapers and all of that, and it's a sad, sad thing to go from city to city and see the small newspapers and they're tiny. They're tiny not only in size but also in scope."

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