Malachy McCourt Quotes
The future has to do with fear. Don't attempt to come up here. Don't attempt to go forward, you were nobody, you are nobody, and you'll always be nothing, so don't even think about coming here because if you do, something awful will happen to you.
McCourt, Malachy. Interview. Big Think, Freethink Media, 2010.
John Nance Garner was a U. S. Congressman from Texas who never made speeches or campaigned in his district, rarely spoke in the House, and would not permit his remarks to be printed in the Congressional Record. Speaker Cannon once said to him:. John Nance Garner was later Vice President of the United States during Franklin Roosevelt's first two terms.
The reporters were not intimidated. They published not only the story about the joke but the threats of the Chief of Staff who later apologized publicly to minimize the political damage. The quotation is important for two reasons. First it illustrates something that occurs in all countries—political officials intimidating journalists to suppress a story they do not want public. Second, the vibrancy of the Israel freedom of the press, where even the highest ranking general in the nation could not intimidate ordinary journalists. In most counties, the journalists would have been imprisoned, and possible tortured and killed if they crossed such a powerful man. In many democracies, the journalists would have been fired.
Chavez frequently insulted officials and leaders of other countries. See linked quotes for examples.
Malachy Gerard McCourt is an Irish-American actor, writer, one-time pub owner, and politician. He was the 2006 Green Party of New York candidate for governor in New York State, losing to the Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer. He is the younger brother of author Frank McCourt.
