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" Fame is morally neutral. "
Edward R. Murrow
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Morally
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" A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom - it's gone. "
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" No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. "
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" We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. "
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" Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. "
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" The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it. "
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" Good night, and good luck. "
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" The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved. "
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" Senator McCarthy's reckless and unfounded attempt to impugn my loyalty is just one more example of his typical tactic of attempting to tie up to Communism anyone who disagrees with him. "
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" Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. "
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" If you believe that this war will be decided on the home front, then you must believe that radio used as an instrument of war is one of the most powerful weapons a nation possesses. "
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" A satellite has no conscience. "
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" To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. "
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" Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. "
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" If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. "
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" 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. "
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" The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. "
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" Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions. "
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