Harrison Salisbury Quotes

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• I think it's important to travel around in order to get a notion of what's going on, to find out what people are think about.…
• There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.
• Life within the Kremlin was shrouded in impenetrable secrecy.
• I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same…
• Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get…
• I think that it is a great achievement to put a person on the moon. But to put a person on the earth-that is even…
• By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities.
• The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I…
• I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one.
• The clash between the aspirations of the people for a better life and the insistence of their rulers on building a powerful state, regardless of…
• No one can be certain where a nation which spans two continents, whose history begins in the faint traces of early civilization, a nation now…
• Why can't a state that launches cosmonauts into space provide enough eggs and milk for its city children during the winter months?
• Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is…
• I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the…

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