“It is an odd war, because the side that I think is losing garners all the press. Yet we hear nothing of the other side that is ever so slowly, shrewdly undermining the enemy.”
Victor Davis Hanson
“What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.”
Wendell Phillips
“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.”
Douglas MacArthur
“I've just announced at a press conference that we're probably going to lose all services over night: sewage, drainage, water, etc., ... I cannot issue a mandatory. I do not have the resources to enforce it. However, I've just made the strongest message possible, and we will have police vehicles and fire vehicles going throughout Jefferson Parish with broadcasting advising people to leave now.”
William Jefferson
“We made a huge mistake trying to restrict press coverage in the first Gulf War because of our Vietnam mentality. We had a 1st Armored Division tank battle that was just incredible, perhaps the biggest armored battle ever, but not a single image was reported or documented for history by the press. I hope we don't make that mistake again.”
Wesley Clark
“We don't normally have teams that press the entire game. We did lose our legs a little bit in the fourth quarter. It's easier to relax when you have the lead instead of trying to come back. Ultimately, fatigue set in.”
Darlene Joyner
“It was in the press much as it is today with the war that's going on now.”
John Pierce
