Eric Sevareid People Quotations

People, if given the choice between anarchy and dictatorship, will always choose dictatorship because anarchy is the worst dictatorship of all.

Saints are usually killed by their own people.

The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.'

It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility who can help others. It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility who can be helped in a lasting way.

There are only two kinds of people in the world, suckers and people that can be had. Everyone can be had, but a sucker will always bet you $50 that he can't be had. Maybe magicians are around to remind us we can all be had, so we don't become suckers.

You can't know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you've been.