| Simpsons Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 856 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward R Murrow |
| QUOTATION: | The politician is … trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | October 19, 1959, address at London Guildhall, quoted by A M Sperber Murrow Freundlich 86 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Politics & Government: Politicians & Critics |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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