Ted Koppel Quotes

American - Journalist Born: February 8, 1940

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.

Truth Strong Truth Is Society

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

History Politicians Intentions Tool

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.

People Job Media Expect

I have the necessary lack of tact.

Necessary Lack Tact

Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation.

Me Perspective Situation Loss

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

Kings Fools Now Days

I think we're glazing eyes all across America.

Eyes Think America I Think

My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.

War Against Us Just

The responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do.

Good Responsibility Job Feel

My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.

People Thank You You Reality

More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.

Good Great Book Worth

I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.

Ideas Programming Years Stolen

There is something very very special, universal and easily identifiable among all Jews; it is beyond territory, it is something we all have in common.

Special Beyond Something Universal

There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.

Great Look New York New

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