American - Journalist | April 25, 1908 - April 27, 1965
Senator McCarthy's reckless and unfounded attempt to impugn my loyalty is just one more example of his typical tactic of attempting to tie up to Communism anyone who disagrees with him.
Edward R. Murrow
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Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.
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Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.
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A satellite has no conscience.
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The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.
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People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.
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Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
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The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.
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I have an old-fashioned belief that Americans like to make up their own minds on the basis of all available information.
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A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom - it's gone.
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If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable.
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Fame is morally neutral.
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