108 Quotes by Edward R. Murrow
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When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.
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To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be creditable; to be credible we must be truthful.
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We’re not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.
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We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that’s show business.
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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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Don’t be deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better taste.
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I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers...
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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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Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.
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