Cold Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

I got an excellent opportunity to learn and understand democratic values early on. And it shook me. This played a significant role in making…

— Narendra Modi

Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform…

— John Jay Hooker

I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated me, when…

— Michael Sandel

I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.

— Michael Korda

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

— Robert Harris

I covered Congress, and everyone always wanted me to be a political reporter.

— David Grann

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

— Jim Hightower

And I've been incredibly lucky to have a long career in journalism that has given me a front-row seat to some of the most…

— Judy Woodruff

I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.

— Bobby Seale

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness. But it's lucky I never ran. In the years from [Joseph] McCarthy to…

— Peter Biskind

I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New…

— Charles Krauthammer

I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.

— Chris Murphy