Edward R. Murrow

“Senator McCarthy's reckless and unfounded attempt to impugn my loyalty is just one more example of his typical tactic of attempting to tie up to Communism anyone who disagrees with him.”

“I have an old-fashioned belief that Americans like to make up their own minds on the basis of all available information.”

“Good night, and good luck.”

“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.”

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

“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”

“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.”

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