I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry's planners believe.… — Edward R. Murrow America Copy Share Image
It is well to remember that freedom through the press is the thing that comes first. Most of us probably feel we… — Edward R. Murrow Feels Copy Share Image
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be creditable; to be credible we must be truthful.” — Edward R. Murrow Persuasion Copy Share Image
I was greatly influenced by one of my teachers. She had a zeal not so much for perfection as for steady betterment-she… — Edward R. Murrow Betterment Copy Share Image
Learn your language well and command it well, and you will have the first component to life. — Edward R. Murrow Command Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be… — Edward R. Murrow Brother Copy Share Image
“"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow” — Edward R. Murrow Politics Copy Share Image
“To be persuasive, We must be believable, To be believable, We must be credible, To be credible, We must be truthful.” — Edward R. Murrow Truth Copy Share Image
Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel,… — Edward R. Murrow Discovery Copy Share Image
The fact that your voice is amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other… — Edward R. Murrow Bars Copy Share Image
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.” — Edward R. Murrow Controversy Copy Share Image
Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he… — Edward R. Murrow Dream Copy Share Image
A blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts ... the body language of a man wishing urgently to be elsewhere. — Edward R. Murrow Blink Copy Share Image
It appeared that most of the men and boys had died of starvation; they had not been executed. But the manner of… — Edward R. Murrow Boys Copy Share Image
I am frightened by the imbalance, the constant striving to reach the largest possible audience for everything; by the absence of a… — Edward R. Murrow Absence Copy Share Image
If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, then I don't care what you call it… — Edward R. Murrow Acceptable Copy Share Image
The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking… — Edward R. Murrow Contact Copy Share Image
We will not be driven by fear ... if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men. — Edward R. Murrow Dig deep Copy Share Image
I have no feud, either with my employers, any sponsors, or with the professional critics of radio and television. But I am… — Edward R. Murrow Abiding Copy Share Image
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if… — Edward R. Murrow Dig deep Copy Share Image
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if… — Edward R. Murrow Dig deep Copy Share Image
