No two wars are identical.

Kate Adie Quotes

British - Journalist Born: September 19, 1945

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism. Kate Adie

Down, Telling, About

No two wars are identical. Kate Adie

Two, Identical, Wars

I will never retire. Kate Adie

Never, Will, Retire

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman. Kate Adie

Always, War Zone, Make-Up

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks. Kate Adie

Natural, Going, Violent

There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time. Kate Adie

Woman, Law, Other

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for. Kate Adie

Soldiers, United, Nations

I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else. Kate Adie

Nostalgia, No Time

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy. Kate Adie

War, Propaganda, Concealment

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship. Kate Adie

Fact, Reporters, Covering

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse. Kate Adie

Jacket, Got, About

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it. Kate Adie

Better, Never, Works

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information. Kate Adie

Always, Prohibit, Instance

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds. Kate Adie

Which, Nine, Seconds

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as. Kate Adie

Going, Verified, Then

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger. Kate Adie

Turn, Surrounded, Escort

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought. Kate Adie

Thought, Reporters, Regions

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles. Kate Adie

Year, Last, Last Year

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way! Kate Adie

Myself, Fault, Then

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short. Kate Adie

Heart, Been, Around

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at. Kate Adie

Very, Period, Wanted

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff. Kate Adie

Mountains, Other, Kind

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage. Kate Adie

Woman, England, University

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama. Kate Adie

Childhood, Drama, Through

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter. Kate Adie

Nothing, Stories, Selection

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence. Kate Adie

Never, Kind, Been

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