Author: Dan Rather

Quotes

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

- Dan Rather

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'.

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'.

- Dan Rather

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

- Dan Rather

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

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

- Dan Rather

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

- Dan Rather

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.

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.

- Dan Rather

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

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

- Dan Rather

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

- Dan Rather

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

- Dan Rather

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