A free and truly independent press – fiercely independent when necessary – is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. – Dan Rather
But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely wont. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place. – Dan Rather
If I didnt have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle. – Dan Rather
I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources. – Dan Rather
Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century – freedom against Communism – so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. – John Bolton