34 Quotes by Elmer Davis

It's becoming plainer and plainer that what is going on in South America and in South-Eastern Asia is directly related to the war in Russia, for they are all parts of one single Great World War.

I believe that if the entire voting population of the United States could be taken in small groups on a personally conducted tour of even the neutral countries of Europe, 85 percent of them would vote next November for any presidential candidate of any party who could convincingly promise them a big navy and conscription.

Tammany Hall and slavery usually found 'The Herald' on their side.

There are some patriotic citizens who sincerely hope that America will win the war - but they also hope that Russia will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that England will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that Roosevelt will lose it.

The American public has a right to know what's going on.

Freedom of ideas and communications is one of the things we are fighting for, and our enemies are fighting against.

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.

We can't let censorship take over.

The whole government publicity situation has everybody in the news business almost in despair, with half a dozen agencies following different lines.