Our job is only to hold up the mirror – to tell and show the public what has happened. — Walter Cronkite
I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told cbs that I was stepping down at my — Walter Cronkite
You take a little pill of news every day – 23 minutes – and that’s supposed to be enough. — Walter Cronkite
The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would — Walter Cronkite
There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free. — Walter Cronkite
I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media. — Walter Cronkite
We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders. — Walter Cronkite
I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got. — Walter Cronkite
I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to — Walter Cronkite
Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the bible and playboy magazine. — Walter Cronkite