108 Quotes by Edward R. Murrow

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

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

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you're any wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

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

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

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.