To Tell the Truth Quotes

“To imagine that the United States somehow is inoculated from the virus of authoritarianism is to submit to misguided hubris.”
― Lewis M Simons, To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent

“Since 1789, the United States has broken more than five hundred signed agreements with international allies and Native American tribes.”
― Lewis M Simons, To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent

“The free press is the single most powerful instrument the framers handed directly to citizens as defense against government deceit. Citizens who accept politicians' lies that all journalists lie are swallowing whole the lies of professional liars.”
― Lewis M Simons, To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent