Elmer Davis

Journalist

1890-01-13

Quotes by Elmer Davis

• There is an increasing demand that the president and Secretary Hull get rid of the unteachable group in the State Department of men who have not learned, after ten years of experience, that appeasement has never worked anywhere, at any time.

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• The easiest way to propagandize people is to let a propaganda theme go in through an entertainment picture when people do not realize they are being propagandized.

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• This nation has given the world an object lesson in the whole duty of neutrals, which is to furnish an outlet for the wrath of a belligerent who is annoyed because he cannot defeat his opponent.

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• The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.

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• When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.

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• All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a not too heavy cost.

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