To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful..

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue..

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it..

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer..

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices..

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….

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument..

This instrument [radio] can teach. It can illuminate, yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined ….

We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded in our beliefs for bitterness and cynicism or for a….

I was greatly influenced by one of my teachers. She had a zeal not so much for perfection as for steady betterment-she demanded not excellence so muc….

To be credible we must be truthful..

Learn your language well and command it well, and you will have the first component to life..

Your voice, amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other, does not confer upon you greater wisdom than when your….

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves..

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fe….

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due p….

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions..

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home..

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….

One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, adve….

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation..