Quotes by Edward R. Murrow

“Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesnt mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.”

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”

“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

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

“Anyone who isnt confused really doesnt understand the situation.”

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

“We cannot make good news out of bad practice.”

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

“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.”

“Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.”

“But Murrow could show you what McCarthy is doing, ... People saw it for the first time. It opened their eyes: `Im against communism, but Im against that, too.”

“baleful look of the eyes, the tilt of the head - its the real Murrow.”

“Fame is morally neutral.”

“Is that whats going around? I havent had any calls.”

“One For My Baby.”

“Ill split it with Fred. He just wont have Christmas presents.”

“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.”

“[Murrow (portrayed by David Strathairn, who won best actor for the performance at this years Venice Film Festival) as well as Friendly and the rest of the] See It Now ... Were going to go with this story. Because the terror is right here in this room.”

“a blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts ... the body language of a man wishing urgently to be elsewhere.”

“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.”