Mike Wallace quotes

Mike Wallace was an American journalist, famous for his long career as a television reporter and interviewer. As a co-founder of the news magazine program "60 Minutes," his probing interview style set new standards in broadcast journalism. He inspired generations of journalists through his fearless investigations and insightful reporting. Here are 12 of his quotes:

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

Mike Wallace

I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'

Mike Wallace

All I'm armed with is research.

Mike Wallace

I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.

Mike Wallace

Covering Richard Nixon's triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, '60 Minutes' made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine.

Mike Wallace

In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.

Mike Wallace

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

Mike Wallace

I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago.

Mike Wallace

Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.

Mike Wallace

Both my parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose and set on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's backside because he meant so much to them. This was freedom. This was something totally different from the Russia they had left.

Mike Wallace