Best Edward R. Murrow Quotes
- One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising… Advertising
- Just once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information. Exalt
- I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry's planners believe. Their fear of… America
- All babies look like Winston Churchill. All
- All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man. All
- Seldom, if ever, has a war ended leaving the victors with such a sense of uncertainty and fear, with such a realization that the future… Assured
- I have always been on the side of the heretics, against those who burned them, because the heretics so often turned out to be right....Dead,… Been
- We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. Age
- Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. Anyone
- We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. Abroad
- We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. America
- Good night, and good luck. Good
- To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. Belief
- Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. Bar
- No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. Accomplices
- The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be… Behold
- Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions. English Language
- Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. Accepting
- The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be… Beings
- Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. Bit
- The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. Completely
- We cannot make good news out of bad practice. Bad
- If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which… Aggravation
- Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. Character
- The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be… Affection