“The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.”
— Bob Schieffer
Author: Bob Schieffer
Category: war
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“American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.”
— Bob Schieffer
Author: Bob Schieffer
Category: politics
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“And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience – I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.”
— Bob Schieffer
Author: Bob Schieffer
Category: experience
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