Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name. Walter Cronkite More Quotes by Walter Cronkite More Quotes From Walter Cronkite It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts. Walter Cronkite patriotismjobslying We've always known you can gain circulation or viewers by cheapening the product, and now you're finding the bad driving out the good. Walter Cronkite drivinggainscirculation For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often did, I tried not to communicate them to my audience. Walter Cronkite issuesstrongyears Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need. Walter Cronkite governmentintegritypeople I never had the ambition to be something. I had the ambition to do something. Walter Cronkite egobecomingambition The fact that you are here tonight gathered together with us testifies to the fact you understand the need for this organization and the need for redoubling our efforts in this organization to try to assure that democracy as represented by the United States must depend upon a total freedom of religion, which is written into our Constitution, of course, and the mere suggestion that anyone could maintain that one's patriotism, one's devotion to one's country can be judged by one's religion is so vile, so vile that we have to take to the streets indeed and to put it aside. Walter Cronkite organizationgodcountry 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. Walter Cronkite savagescallingyears It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself informed as to what the government is doing. Walter Cronkite argumentadvantagegovernment I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst. I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. Walter Cronkite anchormannewseditors The ruling class is the rich. . . . And those people are so able to manipulate our democracy that they really control the democracy. Walter Cronkite politicalclasspeople It seems to me that instead of cutting taxes, we ought to be increasing the taxes to pay off the deficit, rather than let that thing build up to the point where our grandchildren's grandchildren are going to be paying for our period of time and our years at the helm. Walter Cronkite grandchildrencuttingyears In all my years as a news commentator I was never once, able to tell the truth, about anything. Walter Cronkite newsfreedomyears Those advocates who work for world peace by urging a system of world government are called impractical dreamers. Those impractical dreamers are entitled to ask their critics what is so practical about war. Walter Cronkite world-governmentlawwar Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine. Walter Cronkite magazinesobjectivityopinion I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that. Walter Cronkite mediamovingthinking Would it be better to have a president who cries easily? Well, that depends on what he cried about. I would not like the thought of a president who could not cry. That would be worse than one who cried over the right things. Which, in this case, would be the things I would cry over. Walter Cronkite crypresidentwould-be Leaving San Francisco is like saying goodbye to an old sweetheart. You want to linger as long as possible. Walter Cronkite san-franciscogoodbyelong Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend. Walter Cronkite toughinterviewsduty 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 battlewinningpay I don't think people ought to believe only one news medium. They ought to read and they ought to go to opinion journals and all the rest of it. I think it's terribly important that this be taught in the public schools, because otherwise, we're gonna get to a situation because of economic pressures and other things where television's all you've got left. And that would be disastrous. We can't cover the news in a half-hour event evening. That's ridiculous. Walter Cronkite believeschoolthinking
