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

Quote by Walter Cronkite

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And that's the way it is.

And that's the way it is.

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...

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

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

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

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...