After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.

Quote by Edward R Murrow

Topics: Debate Quotes

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

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

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between...

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between...

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

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

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

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few...

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few...

The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt...

The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt...

A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can...

A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can...

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

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

A satellite has no conscience.

A satellite has no conscience.

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong to gain the...

I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong to gain the...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...

A good conscience is the best divinity

A good conscience is the best divinity

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Conscience is a man's compass

Conscience is a man's compass

Conscience is the purest substract of reasoning.

Conscience is the purest substract of reasoning.

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to...

Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to...

The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from...

The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from...