I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.

Quote by Walter Cronkite

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Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men...

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men...

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or...

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or...

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our...

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our...

Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences

Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences

I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was...

I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was...

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every...

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every...

And that's the way it is.

And that's the way it is.

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the...

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the...

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy...

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy...

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life...

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life...

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

Television [is] a high-impact medium. It does some things no other force can do-transmitting electronic...

Television [is] a high-impact medium. It does some things no other force can do-transmitting electronic...

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which...

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which...

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has...

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has...

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...

In order to know what [the law] is, we must know what it has been,...

In order to know what [the law] is, we must know what it has been,...