Walter Cronkite

I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

— Walter Cronkite

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

— Walter Cronkite

Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders.

— Walter Cronkite

All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.

— Walter Cronkite

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

— Walter Cronkite

I'm still ready to go to the moon, if they'll take me.

— Walter Cronkite

The successful landing on the moon, very probably, is the best story.

— Walter Cronkite

I think he [composer Joe Raposo] was the first man who kissed me on the cheek.

— Walter Cronkite

We know that no one should tell a woman she has to bear an unwanted child. We know that religious beliefs cannot…

— Walter Cronkite

I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.

— Walter Cronkite

Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents.

— Walter Cronkite

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

— Walter Cronkite

I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.

— Walter Cronkite

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and…

— Walter Cronkite

I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job…

— Walter Cronkite

If, as they say, the threat of the hangman's noose has a powerful way of focusing one's attention, the same can be…

— Walter Cronkite

I think most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if they're not liberal, by definition of it, then they can hardly…

— Walter Cronkite

A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific…

— Walter Cronkite

I had as much time to prepare for that moon landing as NASA did, and I still was speechless when it happened.…

— Walter Cronkite

I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people…

— Walter Cronkite

A system of world order-preferably a system of world government -is mandatory... The proud nations someday will see the light and, for…

— Walter Cronkite

I guess I showed certain signs of being a workaholic in early years; I had a magazine route very early on -…

— Walter Cronkite

We are the lucky generation. We first broke our earthly bonds and ventured into space. From our descendants- perches on other planets…

— Walter Cronkite

For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible.…

— Walter Cronkite

The 60s undoubtedly were the most turbulent years of the century.

— Walter Cronkite

I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.

— Walter Cronkite

It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.

— Walter Cronkite

Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

— Walter Cronkite

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

— Walter Cronkite

We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait.

— Walter Cronkite

I never had the ambition to be something. I had the ambition to do something.

— Walter Cronkite

I certainly think cameras ought to be in courtrooms.

— Walter Cronkite

It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to…

— Walter Cronkite

Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks'…

— Walter Cronkite

Never before probably has the need for interfaith commitment been nearly as great as it is at this very moment.

— Walter Cronkite

We must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a World Government, patterned after our Own Government with a legislature,…

— Walter Cronkite

We've always known you can gain circulation or viewers by cheapening the product, and now you're finding the bad driving out the…

— Walter Cronkite

Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far…

— Walter Cronkite

Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason.

— Walter Cronkite

Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.

— Walter Cronkite