Edward Murrow

“It is well to remember that freedom through the press is the thing that comes first.  Most of us probably feel we couldn't be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want the newspapers to be free.”

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.”  [of Senator Joseph McCarthy]

“Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.”

“To be persuasive, we must be believable,

To be believable, we must be credible,

To be credible, we must be truthful.”

“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”