Quotes from Edward R. Murrow

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."

"To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful."

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

"Fame is morally neutral."

"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them."

"Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit."

"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."