Quotes About Mike Wallace

President Nixon's first reaction when he heard the story was to investigate those who reported the killing. He demanded to know who was backing them: "It's those dirty rotten Jews from New York who are behind it," he was sure of it. He instructed his aides to "discredit witnesses," investigate Seymour Hersh and Mike Wallace, "get ring-wingers with us," and "get out the facts about [communist] atrocities at Hue.

There's not a better job in journalism than the one we have, seriously on '60 Minutes' - not a better job.

When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was - everybody wanted to go to work for CBS News.