Edward R. Murrow Quotes on Accountability
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The politician is : trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.
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Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
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...if what I say is responsible, I alone am responsible for the saying of it...
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When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.