6 Quotes & Sayings By Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts is the White House correspondent for C-SPAN and a journalist whose work appears regularly on NPR, PBS and ABC News. She was named Journalist of the Year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Journalism degree from George Washington University. Her books include: The Uncensored Cokie Roberts: The Unauthorized Biography, Cokie: In her Own Words, and To the Point: A Memoir of My Time as a Journalist. She is married to former NPR host Steve Inskeep, who now works as a writer for the PBS program This American Life Read more

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When kids made a decision for themselves they have a vested interest in showing they were right. Lee wanted to prove to me that he had made the right choice so he worked hard and did well. If we'd forced him to go to college somewhere else all the incentives would've been different. Then he would have had a motive to prove that we were wrong. Cokie Roberts
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The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce. Cokie Roberts
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Women rely on friends.... That's where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry. Cokie Roberts
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Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers. Cokie Roberts
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Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood. Cokie Roberts