Elmer Davis

You may not like Mr. Roosevelt, but if he loss the war, we all lose it with him.

— Elmer Davis

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

— Elmer Davis

“The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.”

— Elmer Davis

We are going to use the truth, and we are going to use it toward the end of winning the war; and…

— Elmer Davis

One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field…

— Elmer Davis

There is an increasing demand that the president and Secretary Hull get rid of the unteachable group in the State Department of…

— Elmer Davis

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

— Elmer Davis

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

— Elmer Davis

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

— Elmer Davis

The American public has a right to know what's going on.

— Elmer Davis

Large elements in Congress and the public were willing to fight for victory but wanted to be very sure that the struggle…

— Elmer Davis

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

— Elmer Davis

New York was growing so fast that the extraordinary prosperity which attended 'The Times' almost from the outset brought no real injury…

— Elmer Davis

I believe that if the entire voting population of the United States could be taken in small groups on a personally conducted…

— Elmer Davis

The chief characteristic of 'The Tribune' under Greeley was an aggressive and even ostentatious purity. 'Immoral and degrading police reports,' and any…

— Elmer Davis

All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a…

— Elmer Davis

This nation has given the world an object lesson in the whole duty of neutrals, which is to furnish an outlet for…

— Elmer Davis

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

— Elmer Davis

We have got to defeat this attack on the freedom of the mind...But it takes courage for a young man with a…

— Elmer Davis

There are some patriotic citizens who sincerely hope that America will win the war - but they also hope that Russia will…

— Elmer Davis

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

— Elmer Davis

This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that…

— Elmer Davis

It's becoming plainer and plainer that what is going on in South America and in South-Eastern Asia is directly related to the…

— Elmer Davis

Tammany Hall and slavery usually found 'The Herald' on their side.

— Elmer Davis

We can't let censorship take over.

— Elmer Davis