Edward R. Murrow Quotes

American - Journalist April 25, 1908 - April 27, 1965

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

Edward R. Murrow

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

Edward R. Murrow

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.

Edward R. Murrow

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.

Edward R. Murrow

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

Edward R. Murrow

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

Edward R. Murrow

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

Edward R. Murrow

Good night, and good luck.

Edward R. Murrow