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title: "1 Brightest Modern Quotes By David Halberstam"
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> [ “he \[Robert Lovett\] knew that those whose names were always in print, who were always on the radio and television, were there precisely because they did not have power, that those who did hold or had access to power tried… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/he-robert-lovett-knew-that-those-whose-names-were-always-in-print-who/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

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## More by David Halberstam

> [ “Theodore Sorensen wrote for \[Robert Kennedy's 1968\] announcement speech: “At stake is not simply the leadership of our party, and even our own country,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/theodore-sorensen-wrote-for-robert-kennedy-s-1968-announcement-speech/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“For there was no doubt in Bundy’s mind about his ability to handle... the world. The job was not just a happenstance thing; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/for-there-was-no-doubt-in-bundy-s-mind-about-his-ability-to-handle/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/fear-was-the-terrible-secret-of-the-battlefield-and-could-afflict-the/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he could learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/fresh-from-the-rarefied-environments-of-harvard-the-author-says-he/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Because history became his (Keenan's) genuine passion, he tended to see the world in terms of deep historical forces that, in his mind, formed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/because-history-became-his-keenan-s-genuine-passion-he-tended-to-see/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/being-a-professional-means-doing-your-job-on-the-days-you-don-t-want/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Most journalists are impatient to get their legwork done and to start the actual writing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/most-journalists-are-impatient-to-get-their-legwork-done-and-to-start/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Day after day we read about them, each new man more brilliant than the last. They were not just an all-star first team, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/day-after-day-we-read-about-them-each-new-man-more-brilliant-than-the/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/if-there-is-anything-that-is-important-to-america-it-is-that-you-are/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/during-their-college-years-the-oarsmen-put-in-terrbily-long-hours/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“The good reporters of that era, those who were well educated and who were enlightened themselves and worked for enlightened organizations, liked the Kennedys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/the-good-reporters-of-that-era-those-who-were-well-educated-and-who/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“true wisdom ... is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/true-wisdom-is-the-product-of-hard-won-often-bitter-experience/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/memory-is-often-less-about-the-truth-than-about-what-we-want-it-to-be/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“There is no small irony here: An administration which flaunted its intellectual superiority and its superior academic credentials made the most critical of decisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/there-is-no-small-irony-here-an-administration-which-flaunted-its/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [If youre a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/if-youre-a-reporter-the-easiest-thing-in-the-world-is-to-get-a-story/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

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