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> [“What America needs more than political reform is political courage—candidates and politicians who are not afraid to risk losing the office they hold to accomplish the greater good. The Founders were not concerned about political survival; they worried about being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/what-america-needs-more-than-political-reform-is-political-courage/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

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## More by Bob Schieffer

> [Whether or not the President is sleeping well won't be a factor in his re-election. That will depend on what he does while he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/whether-or-not-the-president-is-sleeping-well-won-t-be-a-factor-in/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, 'Putt for one hundred dollars'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/when-sam-snead-was-asked-how-to-putt-he-said-putt-for-one-hundred/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/they-ve-asked-me-to-do-this-temporarily-i-don-t-know-what-temporarily/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/i-always-thought-writing-was-the-foundation-and-the-basis-for/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/my-bladder-cancer-was-related-to-smoking-and-i-think-smoking-kills/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/i-ve-had-a-lot-of-fun-and-when-i-talk-to-kids-in-journalism-schools-i/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/i-had-all-my-life-everybody-who-knew-me-thought-that-i-would-probably/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [I guess the worst snow was the Kennedy inauguration in 1960. Heavy snow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/i-guess-the-worst-snow-was-the-kennedy-inauguration-in-1960-heavy-snow/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [Talk about threats to national security -- how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/talk-about-threats-to-national-security-how-about-government-so-big/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/but-with-9-11-we-found-that-people-tended-to-come-back-to-the/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/at-the-white-house-everybody-works-for-the-same-person-they-re-all/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [“Dean Owen did what a lot of reporters seem to have forgotten how to do these days, he asked the people who were there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/dean-owen-did-what-a-lot-of-reporters-seem-to-have-forgotten-how-to/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [“While no solutions seem obvious, there is general agreement throughout the industry that if local newspapers go away and some entity does not rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/while-no-solutions-seem-obvious-there-is-general-agreement-throughout/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/people-are-more-sophisticated-in-the-way-they-go-about-dealing-with/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

> [But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-schieffer/but-the-reporter-has-the-responsibility-to-determine-number-one/)

[Bob Schieffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-schieffer/)

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