Dan Rather Quotes


We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change.


Citations

Rather, Dan. The American Dream: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation. William Morrow & Co., 2001.

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Dan Rather
Dan Rather
  • Born: October 31, 1931
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist, News Presenter, Reporter Correspondent

Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. is an American journalist and former national evening news anchor. Rather began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961. Rather spontaneously created the first radar weather report by overlaying a transparent map over a radar image of Hurricane Carla. In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people.