Good Night, And Good Luck.

I Have Said, And I Believe, That Potentially We Have In This Country A Free Enterprise System Of Radio And Television Which Is Superior To Any Other. But To Achieve Its Promise, It Must Be Both Free And Enterprising. There Is No Suggestion Here That Networks Or Individual Stations Should Operate As Philanthropies. But I Can Find Nothing In The Bill Of Rights Or In The Communications Act Which Says That They Must Increase Their Net Profits Each Year, Lest The Republic Collapse.

The Best Speakers Know Enough To Be Scared…the Only Difference Between The Pros And The Novices Is That The Pros Have Trained The Butterflies To Fly In Formation.

Anyone Who Isn't Confused Really Doesn't Understand The Situation.

The 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.

I Am Seized With An Abiding Fear Regarding What These Two Instruments Are Doing To Our Society, Our Culture And Our Heritage. Our History Will Be What We Make It. And If There Are Any Historians About Fifty Or A Hundred Years From Now, And There Should Be Preserved The Kinescopes For One Week Of All Three Networks, They Will There Find Recorded In Black And White, Or Color, Evidence Of Decadence, Escapism And Insulation From The Realities Of The World In Which We Live.