Edward R. Murrow Quotes

We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect...

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them...

The right of dissent, or, if you prefer, the right to be wrong, is surely fundamental to the existen...

If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable...

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

A satellite has no conscience.

We will not be driven by fear ... if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men.

No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exc...

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that's show business.

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you're any wiser than when it ...

It is not necessary to remind you of the fact that your voice, amplified to the degree where it reac...

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of Ame...

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distr...

Good night, and good luck.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

We cannot make good news out of bad practice.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices--just recognize them.

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human...