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Edward R. Murrow

Read through the most famous quotes from Edward R. Murrow




A satellite has no conscience.


— Edward R. Murrow


#conscience #satellite

Fame is morally neutral.


— Edward R. Murrow


#morally #neutral

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


— Edward R. Murrow


#ideas #importance #information #just #let us

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.


— Edward R. Murrow


#eventually #longer #obscure #obvious #see

We cannot make good news out of bad practice.


— Edward R. Murrow


#cannot #good #good news #make #news

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 #exceptions #few #loved #men

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.


— Edward R. Murrow


#bar #because #end #halfway #just

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


— Edward R. Murrow


#his #nation #terrorize #unless #whole

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


— Edward R. Murrow


#credible #must #persuasive #truthful

Good night, and good luck.


— Edward R. Murrow


#good luck #good night #luck #night






About Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow Quotes




Did you know about Edward R. Murrow?

As hostilities expanded Murrow expanded CBS News in London into what Harrison Salisbury described as "the finest news staff anybody had ever put together in Europe". He married Janet Huntington Brewster on March 12 1935. Murrow and Friendly paid for their own newspaper advertisement for the program; they were not allowed to use CBS's money for the publicity campaign or even use the CBS logo.

He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid Ed Bliss and Alexander Kendrick considered Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures noting his honesty and integrity in delivering the news.

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