Quote by Bob Schieffer
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. – Bob Schieffer

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The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families. – Bob Schieffer

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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. Its part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy. – Bob Schieffer

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The governments view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesnt want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better. – Bob Schieffer

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He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. – Henry Adams

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Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. – Winston Churchill

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Politics is a lot of serendipity. Youre in the right place and the right time and youve got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesnt. – Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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Were seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics. – Patricia Hewitt

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