Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.
About Helen Thomas
Helen Amelia Thomaswas an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents–from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration.
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It’s time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.
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I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate.
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When you’re in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.
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This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.
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If we care about the children, the grandchildren, the future generations, we need to make sure that they do not become the cannon fodder of the future.
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The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that’s what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.
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Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.
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I’m covering the worst president in American history.
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But when will our leaders learn – war is not the answer.
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Every President hates the Press.
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We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.
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We got the vote, which we should’ve been born with, in 1920. Everything we’ve had to struggle for – it’s ridiculous.
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I don’t think a tough question is disrespectful.
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We won’t really know what will happen until it happens.
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All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
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You don’t spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.
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I think I’ll work all my life. When you’re having fun, why stop having fun?
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There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred – by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.
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The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself. All we need is another liar… I think he’d like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does.
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