“To be persuasive, We must be believable, To be believable, We must be credible, To be credible, We must be truthful.” — Edward R. Murrow Credible Copy Share Image
I have always been on the side of the heretics, against those who burned them, because the heretics so often turned out… — Edward R. Murrow Anger Copy Share Image
We're not descended from fearful men - not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes… — Edward R. Murrow Associates Copy Share Image
I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and more mature than most of our industry's program planners… — Edward R. Murrow America Copy Share Image
A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air… — Edward R. Murrow Air Copy Share Image
The politician is . . . trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if… — Edward R. Murrow Art 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
We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded… — Edward R. Murrow Age 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
The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the… — Edward R. Murrow Computers Copy Share Image
Most of them [American politicians] are men of undoubted charm, ability, and incredible energy, and yet too often they lack purpose or… — Edward R. Murrow Ability 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