More from Edward R. Murrow
Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.
Speech to his staff (1954)No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
CBS television broadcast, on See It Now (7 March 1954)
More about freedom
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
John Philpot Curran1750–1817Often credited to Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor