Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by James Risen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist James Risen.

Last updated on November 22, 2024.

James Risen is an American journalist for The Intercept. He previously worked for The New York Times and before that for Los Angeles Times. He has written or co-written many articles concerning U.S. government activities and is the author or co-author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a book about the American public debate about abortion. Risen is a Pulitzer Prize winner.

American - Journalist | Born: April 27, 1955

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To most of America, war has become not only tolerable but profitable, and so there is no longer any great incentive to end it.

James Risen

The United States is now relearning an ancient lesson, dating back to the Roman Empire. Brutalizing an enemy only serves to brutalize the army ordered to do it. Torture corrodes the mind of the torturer.

James Risen

I wrote Pay Any Price as my answer to the government's campaign against me.

James Risen

Journalists have no choice but to fight back because if they don't, they will become irrelevant.

James Risen

I’ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [‘you can’t publish that because of the national security risk’] when you write a story. And then they can never back it up. They say that about everything. And it’s like the boy who cried wolf. It’s getting old.

James Risen

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by James Risen

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