“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases, to open ourselves as citizens, and a nation, to a world of books and thought. If we become a country of superficiality and easy answers based on assumptions and not one steeped in reason and critical learning, we… — Dan Rather Copy Share
“[I]nclusion, not assimilation, should be the key concept in seeking, ever seeking, a more perfect national union. Our own history has shown that we are stronger as a mosaic than a melting pot. Our nation is bound together more by ideals than by blood or land, and inclusion is in our cultural DNA. We should feel proud that we are… — Dan Rather Copy Share
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 Gorbachev that… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I have tried to remain a working, cutting-edge journalist and I don't do it the way everybody else does it. And I think that's… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
College is like a woman: you work so hard to get in, and nine months later you wish you'd never come. We used to… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
![“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 Gorbachev that does not come across as something peaceful within himself. It's the look of a kind of human volcano, or he'd probably like to describe it as a…” quote by Dan Rather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ed6/dan-rather-2779_beam_he-mikhail-gorbachev-has-as-many-great-l_117079.jpg)
