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Peter Jennings
Canadian
Journalist
About the author
I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#America
I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Eye
#Negative
Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Debate
I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Right
I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Advice
I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Christianity
#Years
#Execution
#Religion
I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#People
#Faith
#Religion
#Value
#Spirituality
Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Life
#Will
#Sense
#Humor
I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#God
I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#People
I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Life
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Power
#Wisdom
Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Character
#Public
#May
#Service
We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#World
#Power
#Washington
There's no such thing as an independent person.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Life
#Father
The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Day
#Labor
Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#People
Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#War
#First
#Vietnam
Scholars will argue with each other about everything.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Will
I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#World
#Defense
#Islam
If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#May
#Wrong
#News
I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Television
I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#People
I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Beginning
I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Questions
I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#People
#Religion
Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Sense
#Faith
#Religion
#Interest
#Spirituality
It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Politicians
#Connection
George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Vietnam
Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Man
#Nation
Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Earth
#Truth
As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Nothing
#Limits
Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Life
#First
#Detail
A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.
Peter Jennings,
Canadian
Journalist
#Time
#American
#Politics