If every small nation with a border dispute believes they can go ahead and launch a pre-emptive war and that it will be approved by the greatest power, that is a very dangerous thing. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things – flora, fauna, human and animal – that exist upon it. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
There’s no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don’t wish I were covering. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
I can’t go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can’t conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am. Walter Cronkite Read Quote
It’s a little hard not to be an elitist when you’re making millions of dollars a year. Walter Cronkite Read Quote