245 Quotes by Dan Rather

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.

Artie Bloom was the most accomplished director of television news programs in history. The record shows he was the best.

I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

This is a catastrophe, ... 60 Minutes II.

I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.

I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.

This past summer, CBS and I began to discuss this matter in earnest -- and we decided that the close of the election cycle would be an appropriate time (to leave the broadcast.)

The reporting for Katrina has been fabulous, among the best I have seen, right across the board, ... Television is at its best when it commits itself to public service and this was a classic, almost pluperfect, example of television news as a public service.

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.