Peter Jennings Quotes - Page 2

• I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

  Peter Jennings

  Mean, Objectivity, People

  Larry King Interview, September 08, 2003.

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• A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

  Peter Jennings

  Couple, Long, Week

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• [President Bush should] quit hiding behind the Secret Service, come out and face the nation and explain his failure to protect the country.

  Peter Jennings

  Country, Secret, President

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• I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

  Peter Jennings

  Eye, Thinking, Negative

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• I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

  Peter Jennings

  Years, Empires, Execution

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• I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

  Peter Jennings

  Thinking, People, Cynical

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• It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.

  Peter Jennings

  Essentials, Connections, Politician

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• I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

  Peter Jennings

  Conventional Wisdom, Knows, Conventional

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• Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

  Peter Jennings

  Debate, Moments, Particular

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• Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.

  Peter Jennings

  Effort, Abiding, Littles

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• The risk of sudden death is miniscule, overstating this risk is not going to stop them from taking the drug.

  Peter Jennings

  Drug, Risk, Sudden Death

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• Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.

  Peter Jennings

  Support, Flying, Mexico

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• I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

  Peter Jennings

  Cnn, Fans, Bigs

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• I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.

  Peter Jennings

  Humor, Space, People

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• Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

  Peter Jennings

  Confused, Spirituality, Driven

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• I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

  Peter Jennings

  Technology, Thinking, People

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• We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.

  Peter Jennings

  Important, World, Bills

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• Do you think in many ways, sir, you're the victim of circumstance now?

  Peter Jennings

  Fear, Thinking, Atheism

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• And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him.

  Peter Jennings

  Boys, Government, Might

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• Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

  Peter Jennings

  Als, Firsts, Details

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• Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

  Peter Jennings

  Arguing, Scholar

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• Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

  Peter Jennings

  Thinking, Earth, Journalist

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• I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

  Peter Jennings

  Believe, Resurrection, Certain

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• Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

  Peter Jennings

  War, Vietnam, Firsts

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• I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

  Peter Jennings

  Thinking, Wings, Organization

  "Jennings: Criticism 'goes with the territory'". Interview with Peter Johnson, usatoday30.usatoday.com. August 9, 2003.

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