Famous Quotes

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

Edward R. Murrow on History

More quotes about History

• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

  Confucius on History

• "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

  Abraham Lincoln on History

• "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

  Mahatma Gandhi on History

• "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt on History

• "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

  Thomas Jefferson on History

More quotes by Edward R. Murrow

• "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 cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."

• "Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."

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

• "The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved."