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Edward R. Murrow Quotations

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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.
Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.
After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.
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.
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended.
Edward R. Murrow - On Winston Churchill
US broadcast journalist & newscaster
1908 - 1965

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