160 Quotes by David Halberstam

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

Until he (Time's founder Henry Luce) arrived, news was crime and politics.

Elliston thought consistency less important than vitality and intelligence and passion.

Most commanders wanted as many good sources of information as possible. MacArthur was focused on limiting and controlling his sources of intelligence.

Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence.

Education was central to reporting.

Newspapers might have as much to do in shaping the course of public events as politicians,

Many of these new readers were not yet college-educated, but in terms of their seriousness about the world, their own literacy, and above all their ambitions for their children, they might as well have been.