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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers,… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases, to open… — 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… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy. — Dan Rather Copy Share
