Dan Rather

I'd much rather wear out than rust out.

— Dan Rather

I know that this story is true.

— Dan Rather

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

— Dan Rather

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

— Dan Rather

Americans are once again looking outward

— Dan Rather

When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.

— Dan Rather

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

— Dan Rather

It's the old shell game.

— Dan Rather

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

— Dan Rather

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord

— Dan Rather

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

— Dan Rather

Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

— Dan Rather

The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you.

— Dan Rather

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

— Dan Rather

Writing is the rock on which everything is built.

— Dan Rather

These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.

— Dan Rather

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.

— Dan Rather

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

— Dan Rather

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

— Dan Rather

If you liked this broadcast, we hope you'll watch it again tomorrow night and maybe tell your neighbors about it.

— Dan Rather

“Looking back, the only ones who really paid for Abu Ghraib were the enlisted personnel, who were following orders, and General Taguba,…

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Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person…

— Dan Rather

To the pilot of a deep sea submersible, upon finding out what would happen if the craft sprung a leak while submerged.…

— Dan Rather

I have tried to remain a working, cutting-edge journalist and I don't do it the way everybody else does it. And I…

— Dan Rather

“Dissent is most controversial during wartime because it is cast as unpatriotic and dangerous to the national cause. But that is precisely…

— Dan Rather

Music is important. It says things you heart can't say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders,…

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“To suppress the vote is to make a mockery of democracy. And those who do so are essentially acknowledging that their policies…

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“It should be clear to our political leaders that a new energy strategy could be the next technological revolution America could lead.…

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As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get…

— Dan Rather

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes;…

— Dan Rather

Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole…

— Dan Rather

He [Mikhail Gorbachev] has, as many great leaders have, impressive eyes…There's a kind of laser-beam stare, a forced quality, you get from…

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“[I]nclusion, not assimilation, should be the key concept in seeking, ever seeking, a more perfect national union. Our own history has shown…

— Dan Rather

“Empathy is not only a personal feeling; it can be a potent force for political and social change. And thus the suppression…

— Dan Rather

Comedians, such as yourself, Jon Stewart and others, are a valuable supplement, and here's why: Good journalism at its best frequently speaks…

— Dan Rather

“Inclusion on race has been a very different journey, and I worry that for all the progress we have made, we are…

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Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut…In their first joint appearance they…

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“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases,…

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“Simply put, we have more people talking about news and less original reporting. Whether on television or online, there is no shortage…

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The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in…

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