Edward R. Murrow Quotes About Truth

Quotes about: Truth

• 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.

• American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Truth, Lying, Simple

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

• 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.

• Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Truth, Sorry, Knowing Who You Are

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