Dan Rather Quotes

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• I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.
• There are more Muslims in North America then Jews Now.
• I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special…
• Turn the lights down, the party just got wilder.
• It's the American way: if you don't vote, you don't get to whine.
• When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.
• On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This includes his big tax cut…
• President Bush insisted today that he was not caving in to big money contributors, big-time lobbyists, and overall industry pressure when he broke a campaign…
• The Republican convention opens in New York to re-nominate George W. Bush and showcase the party's, quote, 'moderate side.' Will voters buy it?
• Tonight, savagery in the streets of Iraq. Ten Americans die in a single day, four of them civilians murdered, mutilated and dragged through the streets....What…
• Have you ever had any anger about President Bush - who spent his time during the Vietnam War in the National Guard - running, in…
• I read the book [My Life by Bill Clinton] completely. And I think it compares very favorably with Ulysses S. Grant's gold standard of presidential…
• 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…
• Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview…
• I'm all news, all the time. Full power, tall tower. I want to break in when news breaks out. That's my agenda. Now, respectfully, when…
• A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.
• Stay with CBS now for more news, including: Is there a pall over the mall as holiday shoppers think small?
• Americans are once again looking outward
• Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and…
• (Obama's) a nice person, he's very articulate this is what's been used against him, but he couldn't sell watermelons if it, you gave him the…

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