"I want to say that probably 24 hours……" — Walter Cronkite
"I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since."
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72 Quotes by Walter Cronkite
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- It seems to rise again when the crisis times come, and this is a time of most severe crisis, as…
- The fact that you are here tonight gathered together with us testifies to the fact you understand the need for…
- Terrible, it was terrible. Even today and it's been several months now you just bring it up and I tear…
- I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time…
- The perils of duck hunting are great- especially for the duck.
- It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help…
- Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your…
- Those advocates who work for world peace by urging a system of world government are called impractical dreamers. Those impractical…
- Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.
- I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and…