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" I certainly think cameras ought to be in courtrooms. "

Walter Cronkite

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" In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain. "

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" We the people have the strength to bring our country from our weak-kneed stumbling gait in the last ranks of reason to the leadership of the great march to environmental victory. "

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" 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. "

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" I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am. "

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" 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. "

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" I think people make way too much of ratings. "

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" You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might. "

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" It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, 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. "

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" I think that the failure of newspaper competition in a community is a very serious handicap to the dissemination of the knowledge that the citizens need to participate in a democracy. "

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" America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system. "

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" I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated. "

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" We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders. "

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" I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "

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" I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition. "

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" It's a little hard not to be an elitist when you're making millions of dollars a year. "

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" I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got. "

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" I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely. "

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" 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. "

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" I have never voted a party line. I vote on the individual and the issues. "

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" A lot of the questions raised about television's power and influence on events have applied throughout history to every mass-communications medium - most particularly print, because that's the medium we've had the longest. "

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" Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising, in ecology, in almost everything. It just stumbled into that great big elephant trap that had already been built for it. "

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" Helping set the day's agenda and deciding what we used and editing it, that was a journalistic high point. I liked reporting as well. Just doing the news - the live performance - wasn't important. Working on the desk was. "

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