Paul Harvey (1918 – 2009)
American radio broadcaster, famous for his idiosyncratic delivery of news stories with dramatic pauses, quirky intonations, and many of his standard lead-ins and sign offs.
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Now wash out your ears with this.
Today's quote worth requoting...
Hello Americans, I'm Paul Harvey. You know what the news is -- in a minute, you're going to hear the rest of the story.
In shirt-sleeve English ...
Mr. President, I love you, but you're wrong.
Not all that we call progress is progress.
We sent men with rifles into Afghanistan and Iraq, and we kept our best weapons in their silos. Even now, we're standing there dying, daring to do nothing decisive because we've declared ourselves to be better than our terrorist enemies, more moral, more civilized. Our image is at stake, we insist.
But we didn't come this far because we are made of sugar candy. Once upon a time, we elbowed our way onto and into this continent by giving smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans. Yes, that was biological warfare. And we used every other weapon we could get our hands on, to grab this land from whomever, and we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the skids with the sweat of slaves.
And so it goes with most great nation-states, which feeling guilty about their savage pasts, eventually civilize themselves out of business, and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated by the lean, hungry, up-and-coming who are not made of sugar candy.
And now you know -- the rest of the story.
In times like these, it's helpful to remember that there have always been times like these.
Paul Harvey was the most listened to man in the history of radio. ... There is no one who will ever come close to him.
This is the highest honor I have received since 60-some years ago, when Angel said "I do."
Join me later today for this "Rest of the Story" story ... over this ABC Radio Network station.
Hello, Americans, This is Paul Harvey. Standby for news.
Good morning Americans ...
Now ... for what it's worth.
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