I sort of think in a way that many of us young reporters who had the opportunity to go overseas for our organizations were kind of, in a sense, war profiteers. We were enhancing our careers while covering that terrible… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering. — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated. — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
I do think that the success, although still not complete... in the recognition of equal rights... to all Americans, regardless of color, creed and… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life. — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on the way.… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
In all my years as a news commentator I was never once, able to tell the truth, about anything. — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
I grew my mustache when I was nineteen in order to look older. I never shaved it off even though it overran its usefulness… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general. — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it. — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
If, as they say, the threat of the hangman's noose has a powerful way of focusing one's attention, the same can be said of… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
We must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a World Government, patterned after our Own Government with a legislature, executive and… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share
