Gwen Ifill Quotes
Truth is, in fact, an elusive concept. It depends almost entirely on where you are standing at the time. It is a human instinct to confuse belief with truth.
Ifill, Gwen. Commencement Address. Simmons College, 2009.
This important political concept has a long history. See also {605259}, {626144}, {607508}, and {585931}
He is one of the later people to express this idea but at the time, most political pundits and politicians were unaware of most of the others. See related quotes.
See Otis Singletary and Eddie Bernice Johnson for a similar view.
Gwendolyn L. Ifill was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review. She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of the PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates. She authored the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
