Elmer Davis Quotes

#1. Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.

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#2. This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

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#3. 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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#4. This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

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#5. This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

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#6. The only identification that would be inscribed on any cat's collar would be "This is the cat's cat."

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#7. The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.

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#8. 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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#9. One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun.

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