No one familiar with the history of this country, can deny that congressional committees...
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Edward R. Murrow:
No one familiar with the history of this country, can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating. But the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the Junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to associate, to speak, and to defend the causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men who oppose Sen. McCarthy's methods to keep silent or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. We proclaim ourselves as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. The actions of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully. Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves. Good night, and good luck.
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I require no lectures from the junior Senator from Wisconsin
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as to the dangers or terrors of Communism
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Having searched my conscience and my files
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I cannot contend that I have always been right or wise
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but I have attempted to pursue the truth with diligence
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and to report it
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even though as in this case I had been warned in advance
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that I would be subjected to the attentions of Senator McCarthy
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We shall hope to deal with matters of more vital interest next week
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Good night and good luck
Clip duration: 34 seconds
Views: 270
Timestamp in movie: 01h 10m 33s
Uploaded: 28 March, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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