Dan Rather Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.”

“I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.”

“Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.”

“I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.”

“I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.”

“There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.”

“I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.”

“One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.”

“What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.”

“What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.”