"I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, non-committed to a cause – but exam…"

"Murrow taking on McCarthy was one of the great high points in broadcast journalism, along with Cronkite stepping out …"

"I regret that, in our attempt to establish some standards, we didn't make them stick. We couldn't find a way to pass …"

"From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official: President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time, 2:00 Easte…"

"To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wr…"

"Since he came out of the west to team with David Brinkley back in 1956, Chet Huntley has been our competitor — and wh…"

"Our country today is at a stage in our foreign policy similar to that crucial point in our nation's early history whe…"

"Eric's not retiring from television entirely, but only from daily journalism, and that means, of course, this broadca…"

"This is my last broadcast as the anchorman of The CBS Evening News; for me, it's a moment for which I long have plann…"

"Here is a bulletin from CBS News: in Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downto…"