--- title: "92 Edward R. Murrow Quotes - Famous Journalist (This I believe.)" description: "Edward R. Murrow quotes on truth versus lies, TV as a circus, and confronting harsh realities." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-r-murrow-31908.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-r-murrow-31908.jpg) # Edward R. Murrow (1908–1965) Journalist United States **92** quotes in **502** categories Edward R. Murrow stresses that truth is the strongest kind of propaganda and that lies are the worst. He compares television to a circus that already exists, saying it only makes the show louder. He also mentions how people hide naked truths, preferring to cover them up. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Edward R. Murrow was a journalist from the United States, best known for *This I believe.*. ## Quick Facts About Edward R. Murrow Born April 25, 1908 Died April 27, 1965 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works This I believe. Spouse Janet Huntington Brewster ## About Edward R. Murrow Edward Roscoe Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. ## Awards & Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom Peabody Awards George Polk Award Television Hall of Fame Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Trustees Award ## Quotes by Edward R. Murrow > [Fame is morally neutral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/fame-is-morally-neutral/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Fame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/edward-r-murrow-7369_fame_fame-is-morally-neutral-2085055_2085055.jpg) > [We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-must-not-confuse-dissent-with-disloyalty/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Betrayal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betrayal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/edward-r-murrow-7369_betrayal_we-must-not-confuse-dissent-with-disloya_345736.jpg) > [To be credible we must be truthful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/to-be-credible-we-must-be-truthful/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Being truthful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-truthful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/edward-r-murrow-7369_being-truthful_to-be-credible-we-must-be-truthful-30067_3006740.jpg) > [We cannot make good news out of bad practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-cannot-make-good-news-out-of-bad-practice/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/edward-r-murrow-7369_good_we-cannot-make-good-news-out-of-bad-prac_2615221.jpg) > [Good night, and good luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/good-night-and-good-luck/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/edward-r-murrow-7369_good-luck_good-night-and-good-luck-2330322_2330322.jpg) > [We are to a large extent an imitative society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-are-to-a-large-extent-an-imitative-society/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/edward-r-murrow-7369_community_we-are-to-a-large-extent-an-imitative-so_2633242.jpg) > [A satellite has no conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/a-satellite-has-no-conscience/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Conscience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conscience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/edward-r-murrow-7369_conscience_a-satellite-has-no-conscience-1505850_1505850.jpg) > [All babies look like Winston Churchill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/all-babies-look-like-winston-churchill/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Babies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/babies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/edward-r-murrow-7369_babies_all-babies-look-like-winston-churchill-7_735104.jpg) > [“It is almost impossible to substitute intelligence for experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/it-is-almost-impossible-to-substitute-intelligence-for-experience/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/edward-r-murrow-7369_impossible_it-is-almost-impossible-to-substitute-in_2960188.jpg) > [A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/a-nation-of-sheep-will-beget-a-government-of-wolves/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/edward-r-murrow-7369_government_a-nation-of-sheep-will-beget-a-governmen_2675103.jpg) > [Speaking of Sir Winston Churchill: He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/speaking-of-sir-winston-churchill-he-mobilized-the-english-language/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/edward-r-murrow-7369_battle_speaking-of-sir-winston-churchill-he-mob_2989895.jpg) > [Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/anyone-who-isn-t-confused-really-doesn-t-understand-the-situation/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/edward-r-murrow-7369_confused_anyone-who-isn-t-confused-really-doesn-t_2916753.jpg) > [No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/no-one-can-terrorize-a-whole-nation-unless-we-are-all-his-accomplices/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/edward-r-murrow-7369_quote_no-one-can-terrorize-a-whole-nation-unle_1859847.jpg) > [Just once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/just-once-in-a-while-let-us-exalt-the-importance-of-ideas-and/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Data](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/data/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/edward-r-murrow-7369_data_just-once-in-a-while-let-us-exalt-the-im_2419978.jpg) > [People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/people-say-conversation-is-a-lost-art-how-often-i-have-wished-it-were/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/edward-r-murrow-7369_art_people-say-conversation-is-a-lost-art-ho_2792202.jpg) > [“‎"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/a-nation-of-sheep-will-beget-a-government-of-wolves-edward-r-murrow/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Lion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/edward-r-murrow-7369_politics_a-nation-of-sheep-will-beget-a-governmen_1222023.jpg) > [I was greatly influenced by one of my teachers. She had a zeal not so much for perfection as for steady betterment-she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/i-was-greatly-influenced-by-one-of-my-teachers-she-had-a-zeal-not-so/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Betterment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betterment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/edward-r-murrow-7369_betterment_i-was-greatly-influenced-by-one-of-my-te_1019545.jpg) > [The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/the-wright-brothers-first-flight-was-not-reported-in-a-single/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Brother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/edward-r-murrow-7369_brother_the-wright-brothers-first-flight-was-not_1159070.jpg) > [I simply cannot accept that there are, on every story, two equal and logical sides to an argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/i-simply-cannot-accept-that-there-are-on-every-story-two-equal-and/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/edward-r-murrow-7369_accepting_i-simply-cannot-accept-that-there-are-on_3020247.jpg) > [“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be creditable; to be credible we must be truthful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/to-be-persuasive-we-must-be-believable-to-be-believable-we-must-be/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/edward-r-murrow-7369_persuasion_to-be-persuasive-we-must-be-believable-t_984235.jpg) > [The best speakers know enough to be scared…the only difference between the pros and the novices is that the pros have trained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/the-best-speakers-know-enough-to-be-scared-the-only-difference/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Butterfly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/edward-r-murrow-7369_butterfly_the-best-speakers-know-enough-to-be-scar_892922.jpg) > [I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/i-would-like-television-to-produce-some-itching-pills-rather-than/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/edward-r-murrow-7369_endless_i-would-like-television-to-produce-some_2447583.jpg) > [The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/the-speed-of-communications-is-wondrous-to-behold-it-is-also-true/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/edward-r-murrow-7369_communication_the-speed-of-communications-is-wondrous_2433592.jpg) > [Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. . . but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/of-this-be-wary-honor-and-fame-are-often-regarded-as-interchangeable/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/edward-r-murrow-7369_appraisal_of-this-be-wary-honor-and-fame-are-often_2958750.jpg) > [We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-will-not-be-driven-by-fear-into-an-age-of-unreason-if-we-dig-deep/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/edward-r-murrow-7369_age_we-will-not-be-driven-by-fear-into-an-ag_263545.jpg) > [If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/if-none-of-us-ever-read-a-book-that-was-dangerous-had-a-friend-who/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Apathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apathy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/edward-r-murrow-7369_apathy_if-none-of-us-ever-read-a-book-that-was_3108241.jpg) > [It has always seemed to me the real art in this business is not so much moving information or guidance or policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/it-has-always-seemed-to-me-the-real-art-in-this-business-is-not-so/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/edward-r-murrow-7369_art_it-has-always-seemed-to-me-the-real-art_2805487.jpg) > [The fact that your voice is amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/the-fact-that-your-voice-is-amplified-to-the-degree-where-it-reaches/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Amplified](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amplified/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/edward-r-murrow-7369_bars_the-fact-that-your-voice-is-amplified-to_1415389.jpg) > [When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/when-the-politicians-complain-that-tv-turns-the-proceedings-into-a/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Circus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/edward-r-murrow-7369_circus_when-the-politicians-complain-that-tv-tu_223981.jpg) > [We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-must-not-confuse-dissent-with-disloyalty-we-must-remember-always-2/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Accusation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accusation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/edward-r-murrow-7369_accusation_we-must-not-confuse-dissent-with-disloya_2929573.jpg) > [We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-hardly-need-to-be-reminded-that-we-are-living-in-an-age-of/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/edward-r-murrow-7369_age_we-hardly-need-to-be-reminded-that-we-ar_3106607.jpg) > [I have no feud, either with my employers, any sponsors, or with the professional critics of radio and television. But I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/i-have-no-feud-either-with-my-employers-any-sponsors-or-with-the/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/edward-r-murrow-7369_abiding_i-have-no-feud-either-with-my-employers_1809957.jpg) > [There is a mental fear, which provokes others of us to see the images of witches in a neighbor's yard and stampedes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/there-is-a-mental-fear-which-provokes-others-of-us-to-see-the-images/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/edward-r-murrow-7369_black_there-is-a-mental-fear-which-provokes-ot_2467800.jpg) > [“I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/i-began-by-saying-that-our-history-will-be-what-we-make-it-if-we-go/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/edward-r-murrow-7369_history_i-began-by-saying-that-our-history-will_2167579.jpg) > [We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-must-not-confuse-dissent-with-disloyalty-we-must-remember-always/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Accusation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accusation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/edward-r-murrow-7369_accusation_we-must-not-confuse-dissent-with-disloya_2442466.jpg) > [I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/i-am-seized-with-an-abiding-fear-regarding-what-these-two-instruments/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/edward-r-murrow-7369_abiding_i-am-seized-with-an-abiding-fear-regardi_3074418.jpg) > [We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-have-currently-a-built-in-allergy-to-unpleasant-or-disturbing/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Allergies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allergies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/edward-r-murrow-7369_allergies_we-have-currently-a-built-in-allergy-to_495563.jpg) > [“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/we-will-not-walk-in-fear-one-of-another-we-will-not-be-driven-by-fear/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/edward-r-murrow-7369_dig-deep_we-will-not-walk-in-fear-one-of-another_1983538.jpg) > [I have said, and I believe, that potentially we have in this country a free enterprise system of radio and television which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/i-have-said-and-i-believe-that-potentially-we-have-in-this-country-a/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/edward-r-murrow-7369_achieve_i-have-said-and-i-believe-that-potential_622178.jpg) > [Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/difficulty-is-the-excuse-history-never-accepts/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Adversity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/edward-r-murrow-7369_adversity_difficulty-is-the-excuse-history-never-a_3033070.jpg) ## Edward R. Murrow by topic [Fear (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/edward-r-murrow/) [Men (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/edward-r-murrow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/#itemlist", "name": "Edward R. 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