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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
Edward R. Murrow
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Edward R. Murrow
Age: 59 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 25
Died: 1967
Died: April 27
Journalist
Greensboro
North Carolina
Edward Roscoe Murrow
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We will not be driven by fear ... if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men.
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