Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy. - Walter Cronkite

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Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

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About Walter Cronkite

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (4 November 1916 – 17 July 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchorman for The CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981).

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Birth Name: Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
Native Name: Walter Leland Cronkite
Alternative Names: Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr Walter Wilcox Old Ironpants Uncle Walter King of the Anchormen
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Όποιο κι αν είναι το κόστος των βιβλιοθηκών, το αντίτιμο είναι ελάχιστο σε σύγκριση με μια χώρα χωρίς παιδεία.

We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait. Democracy, civilization itself, is at stake. Within the next few years we must change the basic structure of our global community from the present anarchic system of war and ever more destructive weaponry to a new system governed by a democratic UN federation.

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We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

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