All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
I think there are a lot of good pieces that can be covered in 20 minutes that don’t need an hour, but by the same token, there are things that need an hour or more. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
I think it’d be great if the evening news broadcast, for instance, were unsponsored and unrated. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
I record it here today to establish my early predisposition to editorial work – to be both pontifical and wrong. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
Under the Constitution, giving ‘aid and comfort’ to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
For heaven’s sakes, in the newspaper days, when we had competing newspapers, and the newsstands sale was as important as the circulation – as the agreed-upon circulation, whatever you call that – in those days, why, gosh, the sensationalism was tremendous. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
The whole period of the ’60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history… to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
