Robert MacNeil Quotes


Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is?


Citations

MacNeil, Robert. Interview by Brian Lamb. Booknotes, C-SPAN, 18 May 2003.

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Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil
  • Born: January 19, 1931
  • Nationality: Canadian, American
  • Profession: Journalist, Novelist

Robert Breckenridge Ware "Robin" MacNeil, OC is a Canadian-American journalist and writer. He is a retired television news anchor who partnered with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1975.