There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free. Walter Cronkite More Quotes by Walter Cronkite More Quotes From Walter Cronkite 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 regretwantbirthday Our country today is at a stage in our foreign policy similar to that crucial point in our nation's early history when our Constitution was produced in Philadelphia. Walter Cronkite philadelphiatodaycountry I guess I showed certain signs of being a workaholic in early years; I had a magazine route very early on - I must have been about seven or eight years old or something like that - when I was carrying Liberty magazine, trying to win green and brown coupons; I eventually [won] a pony. Walter Cronkite eightwinningyears 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. Probably less. Walter Cronkite lovementhinking The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle. Walter Cronkite coveragevietnamesecarnage I'd like to be a song and dance man. Walter Cronkite song-and-dancesongmen So now the question is, basically, right now, how will the Osama Bin Laden tape affect the election? And I have a feeling that it could tilt the election a bit. In fact, I'm a little inclined to think that Karl Rove, the political manager at the White House, who is a very clever man, that he probably set up bin Laden to this thing. Walter Cronkite clevermenthinking A system of world order-preferably a system of world government -is mandatory... The proud nations someday will see the light and, for the common good and their own survival, yield up their precious sovereignty. Walter Cronkite world-governmentyieldorder When Moses was alive, these pyramids were a thousand years old. Here began the history of architecture. Here people learned to measure time by a calendar, to plot the stars by astronomy and chart the earth by geometry. And here they developed that most awesome of all ideas - the idea of eternity. Walter Cronkite starsyearsideas Reagan was an exceedingly likeable guy, just a heck of a nice fellow, despite his politics. He was funny and loved a good joke, the dirtier, I'm afraid the more ethnic, the better. I don't think he brought very much to the presidency, except charisma and success. Walter Cronkite guynicethinking 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. Walter Cronkite sadnessworkouthalf I'm a romanticist in many ways. I never get behind the wheel of my boat and dropping the anchor without saying to myself, secretly giving my orders to the crew "All right, lift the anchor, we're on our way to South Hampton. We're gonna beat them there with this load of tea!" Walter Cronkite anchorsgivingorder We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait. Walter Cronkite posterityresponsibilitywaiting Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy. Walter Cronkite The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start. Walter Cronkite invasioniraqpolitics It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. Walter Cronkite stalematevietnamends We are the lucky generation. We first broke our earthly bonds and ventured into space. From our descendants- perches on other planets or distant space cities, they will look back at our achievement with wonder at our courage and audacity and with appreciation at our accomplishments, which assured the future in which they live. Walter Cronkite mooncitiesappreciation Attorney General John Ashcroft has earned himself a remarkable distinction as the Torquemada of American law. Tomás de Torquemada...was largely responsible for...[the] torture and the burning of heretics — Muslims in particular. Now, of course, I am not accusing the Attorney General of pulling out anyone's fingernails or burning people at the stake (at least I don't know of any such cases). But one does get the sense these days that the old Spaniard's spirit is comfortably at home in Ashcroft's Department of Justice. Walter Cronkite lawhomepeople 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. Walter Cronkite world-governmentpolicehistorical The sweet smell of the South, of Camellias and Azaleas, clings to Beaufort's ancient and historic buildings. Walter Cronkite azaleassmellsweet
