Edward R. Murrow

"We are not descended from fearful men."

"The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we would all really be better off without."

"In order to do well against an evil, one must first understand it."

"To be persuasive, one must be perceived as knowledgeable and trustworthy."

"Bad news doesn't age well."

"We cannot make good news out of bad practice."

"No place in particular is always in season."

"The responsibility of a journalist is to the truth, first and always."

"Casuality and I should at least have a speaking acquaintance."

"I would like to have the power to visit my friends by clicking my heels together three times."

"There is no defense against the bomb except peace."

"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master."

"Murrow's Law: The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it."

"The harvest of good reporting is peace."

"A political leader must keep his conscience clear."

"To report the truth is a revolutionary act."

"If we confuse dissent with disloyalty, we invite the very tyranny we seek to prevent."

"The politician who steals is worse than a thief; he is a traitor to his trust."

"We must pay for every increase in freedom with a corresponding increase in responsibility."

"Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment."

"Silence, in the face of evil, is complicity."

"The first casualty when war comes is truth."

"We must learn to live together or we shall surely die together."

"A free nation's strength lies in the judgment of its people."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"One cannot defend civilization by abandoning it."

"We live under a Constitution, but the Constitution will not protect us if we do not protect the Constitution."

"To understand the present, one must know the past."

"Fear is the weapon of tyrants."

"Democracy is never more than one generation away from extinction."