Edward R. Murrow Quotes about Country

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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.

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.

Edward R. Murrow

Country, Men, Order

Edward R. Murrow's Address at London Guildhall, October 19, 1959.

The fact that your voice, amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other, does not confer upon you greater wisdom than when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other.

Edward R. Murrow

Country, Voice, Understanding

Edward R. Murrow's RTNDA Convention Speech, www.rtdna.org. October 15, 1958.

I have said, and I believe, that potentially we have in this country a free enterprise system of radio and television which is superior to any other. But to achieve its promise, it must be both free and enterprising. There is no suggestion here that networks or individual stations should operate as philanthropies. But I can find nothing in the Bill of Rights or in the Communications Act which says that they must increase their net profits each year, lest the Republic collapse.

Edward R. Murrow

Country, Communication, Believe

Radio-Television News Directors Association Convention Address, delivered 15 October 1958, Chicago, Illinois