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" We need not only an executive to make international law, but we need the military forces to enforce that law and the judicial system to bring the criminals to justice before they have the opportunity to build military forces that use these horrid weapons that rogue nations and movements can get hold of - germs and atomic weapons. "

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" I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this. "

" With police wielding unprecedented powers to invade privacy, tap phones and conduct searches seemingly at random, our civil liberties are in a very precarious condition. "

" I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am. "

" I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life. "

" Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised. "

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" I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style. "

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

" I think cameras ought to be everywhere the reporters are allowed to go. I think, furthermore, reporters and cameras ought to be everywhere that the Constitution says the public can go. "

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" I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that occupation. "

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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. "

" History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past. "

" I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people most want to be seen and heard, so there's no question that there's an advantage. "

" When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides. "

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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. "

" If, as they say, the threat of the hangman's noose has a powerful way of focusing one's attention, the same can be said of pregnancy. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The civil rights fight was a very important fight. "

" 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. "

" The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not. "