John Dickerson

Every president makes the Oval Office theirs.

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I believe in Jesus Christ.

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Talking to the press is not always good.

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George W. Bush said the reason the Oval Office is round is there are no corners you can hide in.

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There are a lot of plans out there for fixing health care.

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Officials in every White House crowbar the facts to make their cases.

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My instincts for asking questions is to press but not to be a jerk about it.

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A picture excites the love of parenting that comes through meditation on a child.

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“We have gone from holding the door out of courtesy to standing before it out of obliviousness.”

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President-elect Trump says he's not even sure the Russians did the hacking.

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Some of us do talk about women like objects, which dehumanizes them.

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After President Obama took office, his campaign book 'The Audacity of Hope' receded into his past fast. Its sweet, naive, bipartisan 'let's…

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That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?

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Mom would talk about Eric Sevareid and Murrow and Howard K. Smith the way other parents talk about sports figures.

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When former Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote his recent book, 'Duty', it was full of tough assessments and candor.

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One of the great things about children is that they have no other concern than to be simply interested in things. It…

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Not everybody gets a chance to go fly around the country and spend time in places with people who aren't like them,…

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Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government?

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When Barack Obama was asked about his lack of executive experience in 2008, he pointed to his successful campaign as proof he…

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There is no human-resources training for how to respond when you work for an unpredictable president. It's perhaps fitting that when you…

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Expectations shouldn't be lowered, even if Donald Trump was just telling stories to impress the crowd around him and never grabbed as…

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If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and…

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The challenge with Donald Trump is that he'll deny things he said the day before or even in the same interview. And…

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The house was big enough for my brother and me to have firecracker wars at one end and leave Mom and Dad…

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There's the human side of people who are in public life that connects people. Whether it's favorable or unfavorable, it gives them…

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My mother, Nancy Dickerson, was a reporter for CBS and NBC and the first female star of television news; my father, Wyatt…

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In the modern presidency, the Chief Executive is expected to respond to anxious national moments with words that stabilize the country. President…

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The Chinese, our allies, have been allies with North Korea.

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Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.

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You're basically like glass: People see the candidates through you.

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When I was first asked to be on 'Washington Week', I never prepared more for an appearance.

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The math of durability in McCain's life is extraordinary.

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It's hard to say what the Founding Fathers would think of the modern presidency.

— John Dickerson

If people feel like the boss doesn't respect them, they don't stretch for the boss.

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Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.

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We've seen, in Washington, both sides say they don't want to give up much of anything.

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Barack Obama's convention speech in 2004 had made him a political star, and he arrived in Iowa to crowds unseen in caucus history.

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The culture of undermining sends signals of disrespect. This approach not only saps motivation and undermines teamwork, it also lowers the motivation…

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Things were so unpredictable in Comey's first meeting with President-elect Trump, the former FBI director immediately took notes in his car after…

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An old theory holds that air conditioning ruined Congress. Members no longer had to flee the Washington heat to spend the summer…

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