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Quotes from RTNDA Convention Speech — Edward R. Murrow

1908–1965

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Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.

RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

We are to a large extent an imitative society.

RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

Do not be deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better taste.

RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

I am frightened by the imbalance, the constant striving to reach the largest possible audience for everything; by the absence of a sustained study of the state of the nation.

RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

This just might do nobody any good. At the end of this discourse a few people may accuse this reporter of fouling his own comfortable nest, and your organization may be accused of having given hospitality to heretical and even dangerous thoughts.

RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

...if what I say is responsible, I alone am responsible for the saying of it...

RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

I have reason to know, as do many of you, that when the evidence on a controversial subject is fairly and calmly presented, the public recognizes it for what it is--an effort to illuminate rather than to agitate.

RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward R. Murrow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.