We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. Edward R. Murrow More Quotes by Edward R. Murrow More Quotes From Edward R. Murrow It is well to remember that freedom through the press is the thing that comes first. Most of us probably feel we couldn't be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want the newspapers to be free. Edward R. Murrow realwantfirsts The only thing that counts is the right to know, to speak, to think - that, and the sanctity of the courts. Otherwise it's not America. Edward R. Murrow speakamericathinking We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are 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. Edward R. Murrow fearwritingmen If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, then I don't care what you call it - I say it isn't news. Edward R. Murrow radio-newscommoditycare We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. Edward R. Murrow due-process-of-lawagefear Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. Edward R. Murrow knowing-who-you-aretruthsorry I have always been on the side of the heretics, against those who burned them, because the heretics so often turned out to be right....Dead, but right. Edward R. Murrow burnedangersides Good night, and good luck. Edward R. Murrow best-of-luckgood-luckgood-night The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be done. Edward R. Murrow rookiesdonebrother We cannot make good news out of bad practice. Edward R. Murrow governmentliteraturepractice I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage. Our history will be what we make it. And if there are any historians about fifty or a hundred years from now, and there should be preserved the kinescopes for one week of all three networks, they will there find recorded in black and white, or color, evidence of decadence, escapism and insulation from the realities of the world in which we live. Edward R. Murrow black-and-whitecolorreality Just once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information. Edward R. Murrow importanceinformationideas Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. Edward R. Murrow confusedhumorousprofound The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another. Edward R. Murrow realfeettalking 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 menordercountry There is a mental fear, which provokes others of us to see the images of witches in a neighbor's yard and stampedes us to burn down this house. And there is a creeping fear of doubt, doubt of what we have been taught, of the validity of so many things we had long since taken for granted to be durable and unchanging. It has become more difficult than ever to distinguish black from white, good from evil, right from wrong. Edward R. Murrow takenwhitefear Learn your language well and command it well, and you will have the first component to life. Edward R. Murrow learninglifefirsts Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. Edward R. Murrow failureinspirationalhistory I was greatly influenced by one of my teachers. She had a zeal not so much for perfection as for steady betterment-she demanded not excellence so much as integrity. Edward R. Murrow educationteacherinspirational Seldom, if ever, has a war ended leaving the victors with such a sense of uncertainty and fear, with such a realization that the future is obscure and that survival is not assured. Edward R. Murrow leavingsurvivalwar
