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> [There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys screaming at him when they could easily have been brought right up and the president could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/there-s-the-ronald-reagan-cupped-ear-gambit-the-press-is-deliberately/)

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## More by John Chancellor

> [The most successful people do not make up the rules as they go. They have a set of rules that they follow and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/the-most-successful-people-do-not-make-up-the-rules-as-they-go-they/)

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> [There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/there-s-the-ronald-reagan-cupped-ear-gambit-the-press-is-deliberately/)

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> [I know of no one who would be a good High Commissioner of Palestine except God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/i-know-of-no-one-who-would-be-a-good-high-commissioner-of-palestine/)

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> [In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of tragedy. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/in-fact-most-deaths-are-not-tragic-few-people-die-because-of-a-flaw/)

[John Chancellor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chancellor/)

> [The function of good journalism is to take information and add value to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/the-function-of-good-journalism-is-to-take-information-and-add-value/)

[John Chancellor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chancellor/)

> [The American government is doing whatever it wants to, without any representative of the American public watching what it is doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/the-american-government-is-doing-whatever-it-wants-to-without-any/)

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> [I've been an agnostic for as long as I can remember ... so I don't know where we go. But if it turns out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/i-ve-been-an-agnostic-for-as-long-as-i-can-remember-so-i-don-t-know/)

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> [Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal and rejuvenation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/now-the-21st-century-approaches-and-with-it-the-inevitability-of/)

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> [The avenues in my neighborhood are Pride, Covetousness and Lust; the cross streets are Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. I live over on Sloth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/the-avenues-in-my-neighborhood-are-pride-covetousness-and-lust-the/)

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> [Action based only on principles isn't always good even if it feels good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/action-based-only-on-principles-isn-t-always-good-even-if-it-feels/)

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> [Action based only on principles isnt always good even if it feels good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/action-based-only-on-principles-isnt-always-good-even-if-it-feels-good/)

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