Edward R. Murrow quotes
"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."
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices."
"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."
"A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air"
"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we ... remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from me"
"If none of us ever read a book that was 'dangerous,' had a friend who was 'different' or joined an organization that advocated '"
"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them."
"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices."
"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
