Quote #29

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

More from Edward R. Murrow

  1. This reporter's beliefs are in a state of flux. It would be easier to enumerate the items I do not believe in, than the other way around. A…
  2. No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.
  3. Perhaps we should warn you that there is one thing you won't read, and that is a pat answer for the problems of life. We don't pretend to m…
  4. If none of us ever read a book that was 'dangerous,' had a friend who was 'different,' or joined an organization that advocated 'change,' w…
  5. Except for those who think in terms of pious platitudes or dogma or narrow prejudice (and those thoughts we aren't interested in), people d…
  6. The only thing that counts is the right to know, to speak, to think - that, and the sanctity of the courts. Otherwise it's not America.
  7. There is a mental fear, which provokes others of us to see the images of witches in a neighbor's yard and stampedes us to burn down this ho…
  8. No one familiar with the history of this country can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before l…

All Edward R. Murrow quotes