108 Quotes by Edward R. Murrow

Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.

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.

If you believe that this war will be decided on the home front, then you must believe that radio used as an instrument of war is one of the most powerful weapons a nation possesses.

I have an old-fashioned belief that Americans like to make up their own minds on the basis of all available information.

Anyone who isn't confused, really doesn't understand the situation.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

A blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts. The body language of a man wishing urgently to be elsewhere.

To be persuasive we must be believable, to be believable. We must be credible, to be credible. We must be truthful.

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