Journalist

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

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.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

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.

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.

Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.

I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

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.

The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.