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Judy Woodruff is a seasoned news anchor who has been with CNN since 1975, hosting various news programs. Her career has witnessed significant changes in the news industry and she has played a crucial role in it.

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“I think that Election Day is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament, when people meet their neighbors at the firehouse or the school and they vote at the same time.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“I think it's important that campaigns be aired all the way through, that people aren't voting three weeks before, before debates are held.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“Now it's become sort of a - you know, just sort of a casual thing, and you can vote any time at all. It doesn't increase turnout. It hasn't increased turnout, really. And I don't think it's a healthy development. I sound like an old fogey here.”

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“I think we have reached such saturation levels, the money at this point doesn't swing election.”

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“I think there's a fundamental moral issue about whether it's right for a machine to decide to kill a person. It's bad enough that people are deciding to kill people, but at least they have perhaps some moral argument that they're doing it to ultimately defend their families or prevent some greater evil.”

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“One of the main things we have been looking at is, how can we get a robot to think about situations it's never seen before?”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“I have no doubt about it. I think this is a part of the nature of man, a desire for freedom, for dignified life.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances were that even the most horrible dictators wouldn't execute people.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“I think he [Vaclav Havel] is one of the great figures of the 20th century. He is one of the people that was able to be a part of overthrowing a dictatorial system by talking to people and understanding what the elements of democracy really are and respect for each other and elevating.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“Vaclav Havel had moral stature. The president in first Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in many ways is a ceremonial role. And so, speaking out and having that strong moral fiber, people just knew that he told the truth to people who had only heard lies. And so I think his - that's his legacy.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“I think he [Vaclav Havel] probably would have liked to have written more plays. I think he missed being a playwright.I think he talked about wanting to write plays and keep appealing to people through that medium, rather than politics.”

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“I think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays.”

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“I don't think anyone is closer to the voters in Washington than members of the House of Representatives.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“I think, as a historian, what strikes one the most about this [Donald'd Trump] program is just simply its nationalism, with his commitment to the redevelopment of American manufacturing and industrial jobs, providing jobs for the constituency that was so important in electing him.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“In some senses, I think it's almost deliberately anachronistic. There's a retro feel to the [Donald] Trump program.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“What will be interesting to see is whether or not we see from the [Donald Trump] administration initiatives on higher education for this work force, because if those kinds of training opportunities are not provided, then I do think this program begins to look like a defensive holding action, a rear-guard action, buying time for workers who might not otherwise find positions in the 21st century.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“I think one can see the [Donald] Trump program as if it were that element of the bailout of 2009 writ very large, and now extended out towards both fossil fuels, and, on the other hand, the infrastructure program, which is such a key element of the spending side of the Trump program.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

“What I think the appeal of the [Donald] Trump program has been is that it offers some kind of concrete, specific, historically rooted, a familiar image of how ordinary Americans, regular Americans can earn their living.”

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“I think even Republicans are saying [Andrew] Puzder may have a problem.”

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“When I think of grass I think of something to walk on, pot as something to put a plant in.”

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Author:Judy Woodruff

About the Author

Born: November 20, 1946
Known for: News anchor
Quotes: 111

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