Dan rather

If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.

The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.

Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when...

As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.