Edward R. Murrow

"The great tradition of parliamentary government has never depended on secrecy."

"We are engaged in a war of ideas."

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs."

"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest."

"We must be judged by our deeds."

"Freedom is not something that is given; it is earned."

"The harvest of a quiet eye that ever gazed on crowds."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as a servant of the public."

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

"We are governed by the people we deserve."

"The integrity of journalism depends upon its independence."

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace."

"Good judgment is the result of experience."

"We owe our conscience to no one but ourselves."

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be believed."

"A man without patience is like a flame without fire."

"Fortune favors the bold."

"We must always choose between what is right and what is easy."

"The test of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."

"Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind."

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

"A man's respect for law and order exists in proportion to his respect for justice."

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"The greatest threat to freedom is an ignorant populace."

"Honesty is not always the best policy, but it is worth the price."

"We cannot hope to solve our problems until we honestly face them."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"A promise made is a debt unpaid."