Elmer Davis — American Journalist born on January 13, 1890, died on May 18, 1958

Elmer Davis was a news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient... (wikipedia)

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.
This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.
This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.