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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.

— Edward R. Murrow RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

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

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He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.

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