Carolina QuotesThe 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.
Edward R. Murrow Carolinian
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On receiving the "Family of Man" Award from the Protestant Council of the City of New York (28 October 1964)
- year
- 1964
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“The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is als…” Edward R. Murrow. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D8A7420215. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d8a7420215
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