Elmer Davis
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"Elmer Davis" was a well-known news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient.

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

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

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.

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

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

This year [1930], when we all needed something to take our minds off our troubles, miniature golf did it . . . . If we cannot find bread, we are satisfied with the circus.