You want me to tell Ed Murrow what to say or what not to say?... I'll tell him you said so, Governor, and thank you very much for your opinion.


Downs to Governor of Connecticut Abraham Ribicoff at the 1960 Democratic National Convention after being literally shaken down by the man due to his anger over Murrow's criticism of Joseph McCarthy, as quoted in A.M. Sperber's Murrow: His Life and Times.

Bill Downs Quotes

You want me to tell Ed Murrow what to say or what not to say?... I'll tell him you said so, Governor, and thank you very much for your opinion.

You want me to tell Ed Murrow what to say or what not to say?... I'll tell him you said so, Governor, and thank you very much for your opinion.

You want me to tell Ed Murrow what to say or what not to say?... I'll tell him you said so, Governor, and thank you very much for your opinion.

You want me to tell Ed Murrow what to say or what not to say?... I'll tell him you said so, Governor, and thank you very much for your opinion.