Christiane Amanpour quotes

Christiane Amanpour is a renowned British-Iranian journalist and television host, best known for her international reporting for CNN. Widely respected for her fearless interviews and coverage of major global events, she has shaped the field of modern journalism. She continues to inspire with her dedication to truth and her influence on international news media. Here are 37 of her quotes:

What we do and say and show really matters.

Christiane Amanpour

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.

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If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?

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In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.

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We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

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For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

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They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.

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I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.

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I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

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If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

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I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.

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Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

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And I really believe good journalism is good business.

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U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they track my movements in order to know where they will be deployed next.

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We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

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In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

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But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

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I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

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Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer that of course I would never get married. And I most definitely would never have children.

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Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

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In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.

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'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

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