As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: "And that's the way it is." …

- Walter Cronkite

For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often …

- Walter Cronkite

We've got a great percentage of our population that, to our great shame, either cannot or, equally unfortunate, will not read. And that portion of ou…

- Walter Cronkite

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

- Walter Cronkite

If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news repor…

- Walter Cronkite

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

- Walter Cronkite

The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be c…

- Walter Cronkite

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

- Walter Cronkite

The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

- Walter Cronkite