All Gwen Ifill Quotes
- Act right all the time, because someone's always watching. Act
- Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a precarious… America
- When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the… Addiction
- 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 get… Any
- History shows that people often do cast their votes for amorphous reasons-the most powerful among them being the need for change. Just ask Bill Clinton. Among
- A lot of Democrats are not that upset with Howard Dean. Howard Dean gets out here and he says these inflammatory things, and he doesn't… Apologize
- People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak… Applause
- If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around… Around Figuring
- Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we… Accused
- Don't count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than… Amazing
- Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history. Disagree
- Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not. Course
- We needed someone to recognize the importance of check and balances, accountability, transparency. There was a real systemic problem at South Carolina State, a problem… Accountability
- We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia. Black
- Hope springs eternal, even in politics. Eternal
- On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House. Anything Arrives
- One of the things that Africa needs, everybody seems to agree, is some measure of debt relief. Africa
- It's rare for a first lady to be running for president. First Lady
- I find that those who voted for George W. Bush are less offended by his religious references, and those who voted for Bill Clinton did… All
- I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches. Actually Think
- Poor children in Baltimore face even worse odds than low-income kids elsewhere, mostly because they remain in impoverished neighborhoods. Baltimore
- 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 and… Backgrounds
- If you take the same child and put them in two different places, it will dramatically shape the way in which their economic outcomes are… Child
- It's never too late to move to a good place to try to improve your child's outcomes in adulthood. Adulthood
- The common agenda both sides seem to share is: Whatever works. Agenda