Edward R. Murrow

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

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty."

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."

"A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity for a free people."

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

"There is no safer thing than the truth."

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."

"Intelligence is not all that is required to be a good journalist."

"The responsibility of television is to improve public discourse."

"In spite of all the propaganda, the true reason for my success is that I have always told the truth."

"Casuality is the price of our freedom."

"A controversial figure is one who speaks the truth."

"We live under a government of men and newspapers."

"Most of us believe in trying to live by Christian principles, but few of us succeed."

"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences."

"The state has no right to tamper with the education of any citizen."

"Good night, and good luck."

"Accuracy and truth are the very essence of good journalism."

"We cannot rely on our government to protect us when we do not protect ourselves."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather an assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"A man must work out his own salvation."

"The present is seized by what it calls news, not by what it calls thought."

"To love freedom is to have respect for all those who do."

"I have always believed that the truth is the best policy."

"In our time we have seen enough of the tragic consequences of timorousness and inertia."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"We are not descended from fearful men."

"Broadcasting is the most powerful tool available to civilization."