“ I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, non-committed to a cause - but examining each case on its merits. Being left of center is another thing; it's a politi… Walter Cronkite
“ There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free. Walter Cronkite
“ A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism. Walter Cronkite
“ I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I… Walter Cronkite
“ Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite
“ I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Walter Cronkite
“ The least of us is improved by the things done by the best of us, because if we are not able to land at least we are able to follow. (July 20, 1969 CBS Moon Landing Coverage) Walter Cronkite
“ Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough… Walter Cronkite
“ I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since. Walter Cronkite
“ The democratic system is challenged by the failure in television because our evening news programmes have gone for an attempt to entertain as much as to inform in the desperate fight for ratings. Walter Cronkite
“ I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably and makes it possible for the public to be far more aware, fa… Walter Cronkite
“ I covered the Vietnam War. I remember the lies that were told, the lives that were lost - and the shock when, twenty years after the war ended, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he… Walter Cronkite
“ We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders. Walter Cronkite
“ Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it and it has never been adopted there. Walter Cronkite
“ It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own governm… Walter Cronkite
“ In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former president… Walter Cronkite
