Paul Harvey Quotes

United States, Broadcaster
September 4, 1918 – February, 28, 2009.

Paul Harvey Aurandt, better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. From 1952 through 2008, his programs reached as many as 24 million people a week. Paul Harvey News was carried on 1,200 radio stations, 400 American Forces Network stations, and 300 newspapers.

Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

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A policeman must know everything - and not tell. He must know where all the sin is and not partake.

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- Sin
- Policeman
- Partake

Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there's too much of it, the flower becomes a weed.

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- Government
- Weed
- Seed
When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.

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- Income
- Downfall
- Outgoing
In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

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- Always
- Times
- Recall
Golf is a game in which you yell 'fore,' shoot six, and write down five.

Paul Harvey
- Write
- Golf
- Shoot
If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.

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- Chance
- Wrong
- Times
Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

Paul Harvey

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

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- Progress
- Opposite
Like what you do. If you don't like it, do something else.

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- Like
- Something
- You Do