Edward R. Murrow Quotes


We as a nation are not allergic to change and have no desire to sanctify the status quo.


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Edward R. Murrow, 1908-1965, Journalist, Director, United States Information Agency, Testimony, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, March 14, 1961

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Edward R. Murrow
  • Born: April 25, 1908
  • Died: April 27, 1965
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist, Radio Broadcaster

Edward Roscoe Murrow, born Egbert Roscoe Murrow, was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys.