I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II. – Dan Rather
Performing doesnt turn me on. Its an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one. – Dan Rather
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
As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a Near Great even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. – Thomas Frank