People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about – the economy, education and health care. – Tom Daschle
Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society. – Rowan D. Williams
In the beginning when I sat next to Tom Brokaw on the Today show, the stories I was interested in were those having to do with women and children and learning and health. In those days, 25 to 30 years ago, that was called soft news, and not in a nice way. – Jane Pauley
