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Walter Cronkite was an American broadcast journalist and television news anchor, best known as the host of the CBS Evening News. His calm demeanor and trusted reporting style earned him the nickname "the most trusted man in America." He became an iconic figure in American journalism and covered many historic events. Here are 68 of his quotes:

I think that our comfort is in our history. (Walter Cronkite)
Under the Constitution giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason. View quote
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight. View quote
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On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way. View quote
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Perhaps if all the peoples of the world understand what war really means,we would eliminate it. View quote
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Court proceeding,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. View quote
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I have never voted a party line.I vote on the individual and the issues. View quote
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I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam,and it was that we better get out of this. View quote
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Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. View quote
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We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait. View quote
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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)
Putting it as strongly as I can, the failure to give free airtime for our political campaigns endangers our democracy. View quote
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For how many thousands of years now have we humans been what we insist on calling "civilized?" And yet, in total contradiction, we also persist in the savage belief that we must occasionally, at least, settle our arguments by killing one another. View quote
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It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order. But the American colonies did it once and brought forth one of the most nearly perfect unions the world has ever seen. View quote
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good. View quote
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When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides. View quote
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Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough. View quote
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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. View quote
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I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated. View quote
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I think it'd be great if the evening news broadcast,for instance,were unsponsored and unrated. View quote
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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. (Walter Cronkite)
With police wielding unprecedented powers to invade privacy,tap phones and conduct searches seemingly at random,our civil liberties are in a very precarious condition. View quote
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Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy. View quote
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I felt that I had been driven from the temple where for nineteen years, along with other believers, I had worshiped the great god News on a daily basis. View quote
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I am in a position to speak my mind. And that is what I propose to do. View quote
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Walter Cronkite

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Occupation: American Journalist
Born: November 4, 1916
Died: July 17, 2009
Quotes count: 68
Wikipedia: Walter Cronkite

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