#co

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#comes #discourse #fact #form #i

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#civic #commission #debates #draft #i

I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#come #faith #four #great #great faith

I've traveled around the country and I read local newspapers and all of that, and it's a sad, sad thing to go from city to city and see the small newspapers and they're tiny. They're tiny not only in size but also in scope. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#around #city #country #go #i

In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#covering #i #man #newspaper #politics

Most of the stories I have covered in 45 years have been gray stories. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#covered #gray #i #most #stories

My conscience is clear. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#conscience

One of the problems is that everybody is used to the old-fashioned debate system, which is very controlled, and where the moderator plays a more active role. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#active role #controlled #debate #everybody #more

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#combat #experience #fewer #increasingly #journalists

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#did #enjoy #how #lincoln #mrs