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Quotes from UN Address — Walter Cronkite

1916–2009 United States

← All quotes by Walter Cronkite

8 quotes

I am in a position to speak my mind. And that is what I propose to do.

UN Address (1999)

The first priority of humankind in this era is to establish an effective system of world law that will assure peace with justice among the peoples of the world.

UN Address (1999)

Our forefathers believed that the closer the laws are to the people, the better.

UN Address (1999)

Those impractical dreamers are entitled to ask their critics what is so practical about war.

UN Address (1999)

Today we must develop federal structures on a global level.

UN Address (1999)

In their almost miraculous insight, the founders of our country invented "federalism," a concept that is rooted in the rights of the individual.

UN Address (1999)

We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait.

UN Address (1999)

For how many thousands of years now have we humans been what we insist on calling "civilized?" And yet, in total contradiction, we also persist in the savage belief that we must occasionally, at least, settle our arguments by killing one another.

UN Address (1999)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walter Cronkite (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.