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No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices. — Edward R. Murrow

TV program

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

Edward R. Murrow
1954
★ 3.6

On Joseph McCarthy.

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McCarthyismRed ScareCold WarCommunismAmerican politics
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TV program
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1954
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Edward R. Murrow
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Murrow, Edward R. Private comments to staff prior to broadcast of See It Now. 9 Mar. 1954, New York City, NY, USA.

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