18+ Josh Marshall Quotes On Ukraine, Politics And Democracy

Josh Marshall is an American journalist and the founder and editor of the progressive news website Talking Points Memo. He is known for his political commentary and analysis of the American political landscape, and has written extensively on the topics of the Trump presidency, the Mueller investigation, and the 2020 election. He has also appeared as a political commentator on various news networks. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Josh Marshall on ukraine, politics, democracy.

Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker. — Josh Marshall

Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence as the rationale for giving them yet more power. — Josh Marshall

I think of us as journalists; the medium we work in is blogging. — Josh Marshall

With Jack Abramoff under indictment, a number of readers have suggested that now he might flip and try to offer the feds some figures higher up the food-chain. — Josh Marshall

This has been one of the more comedic aspects of this 72 hours - watching a cavalcade of extremely wealthy pundits, editorialists and political operatives from New York and Washington tell me how rural Americans won't stand for this. — Josh Marshall

There's this old line the wise folks in Washington have that "it's not the crime, but the cover-up." But only fools believe that. It's always about the crime. The whole point of the cover-up is that a full revelation of the underlying crime is not survivable. — Josh Marshall

One of the failings of ideologues is their inability to see that everyone else isn't necessarily an ideologue like them. — Josh Marshall

The President appoints the U.S. Attorneys. They're political in a certain respect. But the Department of Justice - the power that they hold is so great, it's life and limb, you know - put you in jail, make you run up hundreds of thousands of dollars of legal costs. Even though we understand that political appointees take these jobs. We don't assume that the party in power is going to use that kind of power to advance its political interests. — Josh Marshall

Officials and journalists live in parallel but separate realities; they see and talk to each other, may have a meal and gossip together, but their worlds never touch, because officials use words that don't mean what they say, while for those reporters in Vietnam - Halberstam, Peter Arnett, Morley Safer, and others - words were vessels of reality. — Josh Marshall

I’m not a gun owner and, as I think as is the case for the more than half the people in the country who also aren’t gun owners, that means that for me guns are alien. In the current rhetorical climate people seem not to want to say: I think guns are kind of scary and don’t want to be around them. — Josh Marshall

The death of honest and courageous a reporter leaves America a little more vulnerable. — Josh Marshall

If you look at the people who are advising Rudy Giuliani it turns out that they seem to be all the people who were too insane or too extremist to even get on the George W. Bush team. — Josh Marshall

The further you get from power, the closer you come to the truth. — Josh Marshall

There's a difference, though, between being a political appointee and putting a political operative in charge of a U.S. attorney's office. — Josh Marshall

For David Halberstam journalism was a calling, not a job. You couldn't fire him and he wouldn't quit. — Josh Marshall

We are Republicans. How I see our mission is we always want to be transparent with readers about what we think, about our opinions. But, fundamentally, we are out there to collect and report facts. And that's always our guiding mission. — Josh Marshall

That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards. — Josh Marshall

The President doesn't just appoint the Secretary of State, he appoints the Secretary of State, and then the Congress votes. And if the Congress approves that person, that person becomes Secretary of State. — Josh Marshall

Life Lessons by Josh Marshall

1. Josh Marshall's work emphasizes the importance of staying informed and being an engaged citizen in the political process.
2. His reporting encourages readers to think critically about the news and to question the motivations and interests of those in power.
3. He also reminds us that the media can be a powerful tool for holding those in power accountable and for bringing attention to important issues.