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Walter Cronkite
Age: 92 †
Born: 1916
Born: November 4
Died: 2009
Died: July 17
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Saint Joseph
Missouri
Walter Leland Cronkite
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It seems to me that instead of cutting taxes, we ought to be increasing the taxes to pay off the deficit, rather than let that thing build up to the point where our grandchildren's grandchildren are going to be paying for our period of time and our years at the helm.
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Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
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It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.
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The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.
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I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.
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Our 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.
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