American - Journalist | April 25, 1908 - April 27, 1965
Good night, and good luck.
Edward R. Murrow
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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.
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To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
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Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
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Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
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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 untrue.
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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 confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.
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No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
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We cannot make good news out of bad practice.
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We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.
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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.
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