Seymour Hersh Quotes

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Seymour Hersh

Profession : Journalist

Birth : April 8, 1937

Yeah, I shoot my mouth off. There's a huge difference between writing and thinking.

Seymour Hersh

I joined the 'Times' in 1972, and I came with the mark of Cain on me because I was clearly against the war. But my editor, Abe Rosenthal, he hired me because he liked stories. He used to come to the Washington bureau and almost literally pat me on the head and say, 'How is my little Commie today? What do you have for me?'

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I came out of a lower-middle-class background. At that time, everyone used to define themselves: Stalinist, Maoist, whatever. I thought they meant 'miaowist'. Seriously! Something to do with cats.

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Using words to make other people less big made me feel bigger, though the psychological dimension to that... well, I don't want to explore it.

Seymour Hersh

I sometimes think that we underestimate Trump, but that's just my opinion. I always like to tack the other way, I guess.

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I happen to write a lot of stories that make Kissinger look bad. I'd rather that the stories weren't true, but they all happen to be true.

Seymour Hersh

I always believe in truth. Sometimes I know truth others don't. That puts me in a little bit of jeopardy sometimes.

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