"In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960’s." ― Jim Lehrer Topic(s): Politics More From Jim Lehrer "I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines." "The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services." "I’m not in the being-annoyed business." More In Politics "I’m not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I’ve just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier."― Channing Tatum "Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same – hardihood. Give them raw truth."― John Jay Chapman "We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation."― Paul Wellstone