Television [is] a high-impact medium. It does some things no other force can do-transmitting electronic pictures through the air. Still, as an explored, comprehensive medium, it is not a substitute for print.

Quote by Walter Cronkite

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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...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

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...

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs...

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

And that's the way it is.

And that's the way it is.

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

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

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment...

Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit