Edward R. Murrow Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Truth, Honesty, Integrity

  Testimony before a Congressional Committee, pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org. May 1963.

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

  Edward R. Murrow

  Freedom, Liberty, Literature

  "See It Now" (CBS), March 7, 1954.

• 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.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Truth, Communication, Literature

  On receiving the "Family of Man" Award from the Protestant Council of the City of New York, October 28, 1964.

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

  Edward R. Murrow

  Honesty, Hate, Integrity

  Television broadcast, December 31, 1955.

• We cannot make good news out of bad practice.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Practice, Government, Literature

  Life, May 07, 1965.

• 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.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Color, Aggravation, Numbers

  "Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow". Book by Alexander Kendrick, 1969.

• 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.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Air, Yesterday, Gone

• 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.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Country, Men, Order

  Edward R. Murrow's Address at London Guildhall, October 19, 1959.

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