Dan Rather

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

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

Communism can't survive the captivating allure of capitalism.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.