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David Gergen

(1942–2025) Lawyer

20 quotes in 157 categories

David Gergen was a lawyer, best known for From Crisis to Calling.

Quick Facts About David Gergen

Born: May 9, 1942
Died: July 10, 2025
Profession: Lawyer
Notable works: From Crisis to Calling

About David Gergen

David Richmond Gergen was an American political commentator and longtime presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He was later a senior political analyst for CNN and a professor of public service and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen was also the former editor at large of U.S. News & World Report and a contributor to CNN and Parade Magazine. He was twice a member of election coverage teams that won Peabody awards: in 1988 with MacNeil–Lehrer, and in 2008 with CNN.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by David Gergen

It’s easy to confuse motion with progress.

Easy

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There's a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. vThat may help…

Als

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Ronald Reagan rebuilt the American presidency; it was in trouble when he came into office as an institution, and he did through…

Best day

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We are making politics a spectator sport in which our only duty is to vote somebody into office and then retire to…

Duty

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At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only…

Dream

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Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.

Calling

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Politics is like watching football. Yes, you can see it directly on your screen, but I think a lot of people want…

Football

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I don't have any problem with a reporter or a news person who says the President is uninformed on this issue or…

Administration

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I think it's particularly raw coming the day after the Electoral College, and Bill Clinton, he's taking this hard. It's been very…

Believe

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One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.

Inspirational

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Leadership is a journey. Each one of us has to take our own path, and get there our own way.

Inspirational

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The proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.

Education

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Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Franklin

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We know from past history that when young people vote for one party a couple of times, they tend to vote for…

Adult life

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If you look at history, every major realignment in our politics is a joining together of a new generation and emerging technologies.…

Community

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It's very, very hard to speak truth to power when the truth is unpleasant. I think it's one of the toughest things…

Advice

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If you've got some news that you don't want to get noticed, put it out Friday afternoon 4:00 pm.

Afternoon

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There is a cannibalism that's loose in our society in which public figures such as the Clintons could try to come into…

Cannibalism

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Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth.

Character

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I think there's some generational difference between some of the older members of the press and this younger president [Bill Clinton]. I…

Bills

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