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title: "1 War Reporting Quotes By Marie Colvin"
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> [... war reporting is still essentially the same - someone has to go there and see what is happening. You can't get that information without going to places where people are being shot at, and others are shooting at you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/war-reporting-is-still-essentially-the-same-someone-has-to-go-there/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

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## More by Marie Colvin

> [Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/our-mission-is-to-report-these-horrors-of-war-with-accuracy-and/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

> [... war reporting is still essentially the same - someone has to go there and see what is happening. You can't get that information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/war-reporting-is-still-essentially-the-same-someone-has-to-go-there/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

> [Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history. We can and do make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/our-mission-is-to-speak-the-truth-to-power-we-send-home-that-first/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

> [Be passionate and be involved in what you believe in, and do it as thoroughly and honestly and fearlessly as you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/be-passionate-and-be-involved-in-what-you-believe-in-and-do-it-as/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

> [Bravery is not being afraid to be afraid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/bravery-is-not-being-afraid-to-be-afraid/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

> [Despite all the videos you see from the Ministry of Defence or the Pentagon, and all the sanitised language describing smart bombs and pinpoint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/despite-all-the-videos-you-see-from-the-ministry-of-defence-or-the/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

> [Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/our-mission-is-to-report-these-horrors-of-war-with-accuracy-and-2/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

> [We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-colvin/we-always-have-to-ask-ourselves-whether-the-level-of-risk-is-worth/)

[Marie Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-colvin/)

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