Helen Thomas Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I've never covered the president in any way other than that he is ultimately responsible.”

“I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants... The Washington press corps has the privilege of asking the president of the United States what he is doing and why.”

“I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.”

“Presidents hate the press. They hate me most of the time.”

“We won't really know what will happen until it happens.”

“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.”

“I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive.”

“You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.”

“Maybe the Jefferson case will give members of Congress second thoughts the next time they get ready to legislate away the rights of ordinary Americans.”

“People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, they'd stamp 'top secret' on the color of the walls.”