Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.
Walter CronkiteOur 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 CronkiteI 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 CronkiteThe daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.
Walter CronkiteWe know that no one should tell a woman she has to bear an unwanted child. We know that religious beliefs cannot define patriotism.
Walter CronkiteSo 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