The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

Quote by Hugh Sidey

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A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and...

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or...

The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or...

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

He is television's sultan of splutter.

He is television's sultan of splutter.

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors,...

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors,...

The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical...

The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to...

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live...

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live...

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in...

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in...

Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to...

Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to...