Helen Thomas Quotes

• You don’t spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.

  Helen Thomas

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• You don’t spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

  Helen Thomas

• When you’re in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

  Helen Thomas

• We won’t really know what will happen until it happens.

  Helen Thomas

• 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.

  Helen Thomas

• 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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• This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.

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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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• 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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• 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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• I’m covering the worst president in American history.

  Helen Thomas

• I think I’ll work all my life. When you’re having fun, why stop having fun?

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• I don’t think a tough question is disrespectful.

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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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• 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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• Every President hates the Press.

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• But when will our leaders learn – war is not the answer.

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• All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

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Helen Thomas (19)

Birth:	4th August, 1920
Death:	20th July, 2013
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Columnist, Journalist

About

Helen Amelia Thomas was born in Winchester, Kentucky, USA. She was an American author, journalist, member of the White House press corps and opinion columnist. In 1942, she earned a bachelor's degree in English from Wayne University, Detroit. She was a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. She was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She wrote several books include: Front Row at the White House, Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President, Caryl Phillips, Watchdogs of Democracy?, The Great White House Breakout, Listen Up, Mr. President, Life with Rosie, and The Body and Everyday Life.

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