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Elmer Davis Quotes

1890–1958

Elmer Holmes Davis (January 13, 1890 - May 18, 1958) was a news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient.

Journalists

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The easiest way to inject a propaganda idea into most people’s minds is to let it go through the medium of an entertainment picture when they do not realize that they are being propagandized.

This year [1930], when we all needed something to take our minds off our troubles, miniature golf did it . . . . If we cannot find bread, we are satisfied with the circus.

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