Quote #62

People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.

More from Edward R. Murrow

  1. Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.
  2. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
  3. Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
  4. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.
  5. Learn your language well and command it well, and you will have the first component to life.
  6. When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and t…
  7. Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring his dreams to life.
  8. A nation of sheep begets a government of wolves.

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