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Quotes from A Discord of Trumpets — Claud Cockburn

1904–1981 England

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There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep.

A Discord of Trumpets (1956)

A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands.

A Discord of Trumpets (1956)

Since becoming a journalist I had often heard the advice to "believe nothing until it has been officially denied".

A Discord of Trumpets (1956)

If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe to be an urgent appointment.

A Discord of Trumpets (1956)

A devout and serious Christian, she was often bothered by what she read of socialists because she could not, instantly and absolutely, see where they were so wrong. To her horrified ear, they kept sounding as though they had ideas rather like Christ's.

A Discord of Trumpets (1956)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Claud Cockburn (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.