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Martha Gellhorn Quotes: Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.
         

Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.


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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.



Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.



After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.

After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.




I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.

I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.



Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.

Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.



All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.



In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.

In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.



Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.

Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.





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I do know the older I get, the more I'm referencing music I heard as a kid.

I do know the older I get, the more I'm referencing music I heard as a kid.



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Ireland is a great country to die or be married in.



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That's what the whole Sixties Flower-Power thing was about: 'Go away, you bunch of boring people.



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I think what you learn, working on a film or TV set, is how to tune certain things out. You've got 60-100 people swirling around you, each of them with a very important job to do.

I think what you learn, working on a film or TV set, is how to tune certain things out. You've got 60-100 people swirling around you, each of them with a very important job to do.



The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation.

The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation.




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