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> [I knew early on that I wanted to be a reporter, but I didn't know I was a political journalist until my first job in Boston, in the '70s, covering the public school committee at a time when busing was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-knew-early-on-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-reporter-but-i-didn-t-know-i/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

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> [I see a pretty bright line between analysis and opinion. And so, to that end, my goal on Friday nights is to try to assemble the smartest reporters who are available to me that week who have been involved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-see-a-pretty-bright-line-between-analysis-and-opinion-and-so-to/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

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## More by Gwen Ifill

> [I'm not quite certain how you can force a candidate to stick by the rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-m-not-quite-certain-how-you-can-force-a-candidate-to-stick-by-the/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I'm not in love. I'm not out of love. I'm just trying to find some version of the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-m-not-in-love-i-m-not-out-of-love-i-m-just-trying-to-find-some/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/change-comes-from-listening-learning-caring-and-conversation/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/did-i-say-that-the-president-s-entire-job-is-image-management-of/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [If you take the conflicts we are used to dealing with, race over the years in America, and you combine that with the desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/if-you-take-the-conflicts-we-are-used-to-dealing-with-race-over-the/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/in-the-media-universe-we-re-in-where-there-are-people-screaming-on/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/aspiring-black-leaders-are-often-asked-to-transcend-race-even-though/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-actually-think-agendas-are-more-often-found-in-state-of-the-union/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Poor children in Baltimore face even worse odds than low-income kids elsewhere, mostly because they remain in impoverished neighborhoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/poor-children-in-baltimore-face-even-worse-odds-than-low-income-kids/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [There's five factors or characteristics of places where kids from poor backgrounds don't do very well. And those are places that have more economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/there-s-five-factors-or-characteristics-of-places-where-kids-from/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I knew early on that I wanted to be a reporter, but I didn't know I was a political journalist until my first job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-knew-early-on-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-reporter-but-i-didn-t-know-i/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I don't think that Donald Trump represents the traditional Republican values and heritage of my party. That's one reason that I don't support him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-don-t-think-that-donald-trump-represents-the-traditional-republican/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [If you start to catalog Hillary Clinton's positions between now and 2008, we're going to have a lot of conversations because there are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/if-you-start-to-catalog-hillary-clinton-s-positions-between-now-and/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I just think we as consumers of information media must be very clear what it is we are consuming. Whether we are choosing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-just-think-we-as-consumers-of-information-media-must-be-very-clear/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Folks who are getting their strokes in the South are not as unhappy with Howard Dean. You don't see anybody starting any movement to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/folks-who-are-getting-their-strokes-in-the-south-are-not-as-unhappy/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

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