Walter Cronkite Quotes
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It's a little hard not to be an elitist when you're making millions of dollars a year.
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I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot.
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On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.
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I haven't quite got the hang of this retirement thing.
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I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.
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Part of the new morality of the '60s and '70s is a new attitude toward homosexuality. The homosexual men and women have organized to fight for acceptance and respectability.
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With all this dolling up and featuring of the news, it's getter harder and harder just to get the facts of the story.
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I never took any elocution lessons, no diction lessons. I might have been a pretty decent broadcaster if I had, but what you see, I'm afraid, is what you get.
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Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason.
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And that's the way it is. ...reads date. This is Walter Cronkite, CBS News; good night.
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I have never voted a party line. I vote on the individual and the issues.
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Advertising's always been a considerable pressure on publishers.
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I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that occupation.
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I think there are a lot of good pieces that can be covered in 20 minutes that don't need an hour, but by the same token, there are things that need an hour or more.
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I regret that, in our attempt to establish some standards, we didn't make them stick. We couldn't find a way to pass them on to another generation, really.
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I think cameras ought to be everywhere the reporters are allowed to go. I think, furthermore, reporters and cameras ought to be everywhere that the Constitution says the public can go.
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I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.
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I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.
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More details just arrived. These details about the same as previously: President Kennedy shot today just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas; Mrs. Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mr. Kennedy, she called 'Oh, no!'; the motorcade sped on. United Press says that the wounds for President Kennedy perhaps could be fatal.
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I had as much time to prepare for that moon landing as NASA did, and I still was speechless when it happened. It just was so awe-inspiring to actually be able to see the thing through the television that was a miracle in itself.
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There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.
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I think people make way too much of ratings.
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I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family.
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The first priority of humankind in this era is to establish an effective system of world law that will assure peace with justice among the peoples of the world.