If we go on as we are, we are protecting the mind of the American public from any real contact with the menacing world that squeezes in upon us. We are engaged in a great experiment to discover whether a free public opinion can devise and direct methods of managing the affairs of the nation. We may fail. But we are handicapping ourselves needlessly.


RTNDA Convention Speech (1958)

Edward R. Murrow Quotes

If we go on as we are, we are protecting the mind of the American public from any real contact with the menacing world that squeezes in upon us. We...

If we go on as we are, we are protecting the mind of the American public from any real contact with the menacing world that squeezes in upon us. We...

If we go on as we are, we are protecting the mind of the American public from any real contact with the menacing world that squeezes in upon us. We...

If we go on as we are, we are protecting the mind of the American public from any real contact with the menacing world that squeezes in upon us. We...