Joe Wilson Quotes

I'm not a partisan.

I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.

I am not as partisan as people think I am.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

This isn’t a religion, it’s a political party. So there are times I agree and times I disagree …. I don’t think you sacrifice your … integrity and ability to do your job to a political party.

A liberal is a man who's too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

Though I am probably guilty of indulging in excessive tribalism myself at times, I try to put partisanship to one side where appropriate.

The greatest compliment is I am accused of being a Dem leftie and a Republican righty. I am a pragmatist. I call it as I see it.

You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.

Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, facts matter.

Partisanship is not part of my professional makeup.

To be nonpartisan doesn't mean we're nonpolitical.

I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.

I don't like politics. I am not aligned to any political party. I have friends in all political parties.

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

I'm not a shill for the Democratic Party.

When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.