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Jessica Savitch

"The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months."

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"The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind."

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"What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities."

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"What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians."

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"You can't argue with religious people, you can't change their mind even if you prove them wrong."

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"The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides."

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"... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'..."

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