Edward R. Murrow

"Reporting the truth requires courage and a clear conscience."

"The margin between the news and opinion is increasingly blurred."

"A broadcaster's first duty is to the audience, not to power."

"Without debate, without protest, without dissent, things will surely get worse."

"An open mind is essential for a free people."

"To inform is the beginning of freedom."

"Power in the hands of the truth-seeker is power for good."

"The public's right to know is a cornerstone of free society."

"We are servants of history, not its masters."

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of fear."

"The cost of freedom is high, but it is a price I am willing to pay."

"A man without a sense of duty is a menace to himself and others."

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

"The journalist's job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

"We must speak truth to power, even when our voice shakes."

"The measure of a man's real character is what he does when he is not being watched."

"To pursue truth, one must be willing to challenge authority."

"In a free society, the government must answer to the people, not the reverse."

"The highest obligation of the press is to the public interest."

"Those who would silence others are the enemies of freedom."

"A free press is the guardian of all other freedoms."

"We cannot buy our security with the sacrifice of our principles."

"The test of civilization is not the census, but the kind of men the country turns out."

"Words are the only coin accepted anywhere and everywhere."

"The weight of public office is the burden of truth-telling."

"One generation plants the seeds; another reaps the harvest."

"To have freedom of thought is to have power over the future."

"We are all accountable for the world we leave behind."

"The pursuit of truth requires intellectual humility."

"A society without debate is a society without hope."