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" You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that. "

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" After more than 50 years of broadcasting on 'CBS News' and '60 Minutes,' I have decided to retire. It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air. "

" For the most part, I think American armies are awfully good in the business of protecting civilians, of not going over the line. "

" When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that. "

" What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? "

" I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs. "

" So much crap passes as information that not only does the audience sometimes miss the distinction between news and crap, the editors sometimes miss the distinction. "

" It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak. "

" Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture. "

" I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere. "

" When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.' "

" The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton. "

" If you want to look at a cheap shot, look at Mr. Koons's or Mr. Gober's art. By no definition is it art. "

" After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really. "

" I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties. "

" The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed. "

" Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the questions you assume most of the people watching want to ask. "

" The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis. "

" Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. "

" I have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I? "

" Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio. "

" Killing is the payoff of war. "

" You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times. "

" Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids. "

" What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it. "

" In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country. "

" McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion. "

" Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we're not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep. "

" Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened. "

" I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery. "