Helen Thomas Quotes & Sayings

“We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.”

“Everyone with a cell phone thinks they're a photographer. Everyone with a laptop thinks they're a journalist. But they have no training, and they have no idea of what we keep to in terms of standards, as in what's far out and what's reality. And they have no dedication to truth.”

“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.”

“But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.”

“When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.”

“War makes strange bedfellows.”

“Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal and has urged Bush to take a stronger stand against what Cheney sees as congressional intrusions into the executive branch.”

“I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.”

“The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar.”

“Presidential power was overruled by the high bench in July 1974, when President Nixon was ordered to turn over some audio tapes of his White House conversations, including the 'smoking gun' tape of June 23, 1972, that revealing the Watergate cover up.”