257 Quotes by Walter Cronkite

Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.

I think we are realizing that we are going to have to have an international rule of law.

I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot.

Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason.

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.

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.

I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably and makes it possible for the public to be far more aware, far more up-to-date on issues and the opposite sides of the issues.

I'm a liberal, but I'm not biased. Seriously.

When I stepped down from the evening news at the age of 65, in '81, things were still going well. Immediately after that, the whole tenor of the CBS News Department changed.