Carolina QuotesWe will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men — not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.
Edward R. Murrow
Carolinian
Source
Closing remarks, See It Now, CBS Television, March 9, 1954
- form
- broadcast
- work
- See It Now: A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
- year
- 1954
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“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be dri…” Edward R. Murrow. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-FF82038672. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ff82038672
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