95 Quotes by Christiane Amanpour

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

What we do and say and show really matters.

In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.