"So when I cover the president, I try……" — Sam Donaldson
"So when I cover the president, I try to remember two things: First, if you don't ask, you don't find out; and second, the questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do."
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35 Quotes by Sam Donaldson
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I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here,…
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The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.
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My personal opinion is that guns kill people.
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Let's face it many on the political right believe this President ought not to be there. They oppose him not…
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In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.
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If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with…
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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The President's very shrewd
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I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm,…
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If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why…
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You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it…
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It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.
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