Elmer Davis Quotes


"The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you."
- Elmer Davis
(Related: First)

"This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error."
- Elmer Davis
(Related: Men, Truth, People, Error, Liberty, Majority, May, Nation, Will)

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."
- Elmer Davis
(Related: Home, Land, Nation, Will)

"This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it."
- Elmer Davis
(Related: Cowards, Will)

"This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."
- Elmer Davis
(Related: Home, Land, Will)

"When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth."
- Elmer Davis
(Related: Truth, Man)