128 Quotes by Gwen Ifill

It's rare for a first lady to be running for president.

We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia.

We needed someone to recognize the importance of check and balances, accountability, transparency. There was a real systemic problem at South Carolina State, a problem that has gone on for 25 or 30 years

I spent my career trying to speak to the broadest possible audience whether it's in print or whether it's in television.

Because I would never work for a niche publication or a niche program on television and because I am a journalist and not an opinion person, my job is to try to see how many different points of view I can represent or how. It's not even a question of who you don't offend because you are always going to offend somebody. The question is how can you get people to listen to the information you have to present.

Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.

One of the unwritten rules in a presidential news conference is that he'll answer questions. If he chooses not to, there's not much you can do about it other than make yourself look like an idiot screaming, which to me is counterproductive.

I'm not quite certain how you can force a candidate to stick by the rules.

It's not surprising that you wouldn't see that side of me on television, but in real life I find the world to be quite a funny place.