Good Night And Good Luck

We will not be

We will not be driven by fear … if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Edward R. Murrow

We must not confuse

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. Edward R. Murrow

We\\’re not descended from

We’re not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular. Edward R. Murrow

Good night, and good

Good night, and good luck. Edward R. Murrow

Just once in a

Just once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information. Edward R. Murrow

I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage. Our history will be what we make it. And if there are any historians about fifty or a hundred years from now, and there should be preserved the kinescopes for one week of … Read more

We will not be

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. Edward R. Murrow

This instrument [radio] can

This instrument [radio] can teach. It can illuminate, yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it’s nothing but wires and lights in a box. Edward R. Murrow

We must not confuse

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history … Read more

We cannot defend freedom

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. Edward R. Murrow