Richard Reeves Quotations

A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents.

Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father's influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination.

Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent.

The Habre case is more worrying for African leaders as it is more universal in its implications. They will find it a very difficult decision.

It is perfectly obvious that no one nor any single country can save the world from the horrors of tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and winged influenza.

After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records.

An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap.

An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane, and pursues the obscure.

Most of those mocking us and our works night after night have not reached the point of suggesting we are going to use those weapons. They are pretty useless right now.

The ATM news scenario, ... could complement computerized radio stations. The government, corporations, and public relations types will be able to deposit or withdraw news anytime day or night in a slot at the front of the building. In the back, consumers could punch up whatever they fancied. There would be no need for human beings inside the building -- if you consider reporters human beings.