96 Quotes by Jim Lehrer

I’m a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.

I have been accused of something I’m not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I’m never going to have my name restored. But I’ve got to try and set the record straight.

I’m a journalist and that’s what I do.

I’m not in the judgment part of journalism.

People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what’s happened is that there are so many different avenues, there are so many different outlets, so many different ways to debate and discuss and to inquire about any given news story.

I’m an expert on the NewsHour and it isn’t how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that’s it.

If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don’t want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.

I’m in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.