Brian Lamb Quotes
It's easier to fix damage than it is to create it.
The emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm, was not very diplomatic and worse would make statements that would really damage the country’s foreign policy and business relations. In 1908, he was particularly gross making anti British statements after he had insulted the Japanese and the Dutch. The Chancellor offered his resignation but the Kaiser asked him to stay in office and try and undo the damage.
Van Cleave was rabidly opposed to any anti-trust government “interference” with business and he was also virulently opposed to labor unions. See {638616}, {638615}, {638614}, and {638613}.
This statement was written when he was writing about landscape gardening. However, it is often quoted because it has such wide generality.
Brian Patrick Lamb is an American journalist and the founder, executive chairman, and now retired CEO of C-SPAN, an American cable network that provides coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate as well as other public affairs events. Prior to launching C-SPAN in 1979, Lamb held various communications roles including White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine. He also served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy for four years. Lamb has conducted thousands of interviews, including those on C-SPAN's Booknotes and Q&A, and is known for his unique interview style, focusing on short, direct questions. Over the course of his career Lamb has received numerous honors and awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Humanities Medal.
