Frasi di Edward R. Murrow

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“I politici nel mio paese cercano voti, affetto e rispetto, in questo ordine. Con alcune eccezioni notevoli, sono solo uomini semplici che desiderano essere amati.”

“La maggioranza di noi sente che non possiamo essere liberi senza giornali, ed è per questo che noi vogliamo la libertà di stampa.”

“…if what I say is responsible, I alone am responsible for the saying of it…”

“If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, and only when packaged to fit the advertising appropriation of a sponsor, then I don't care what you call it — I say it isn't news.”

“We went to the hospital; it was full. The doctor told me that two hundred had died the day before. I asked the cause of death; he shrugged and said, "Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live."”

“The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.”

“If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.”

“American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.”