Helen Thomas Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.”

“I'm decrepit but I don't want to give up, and I love my work.”

“I'm not anti-Jewish; I'm anti-Zionist.”

“To my mind, a president should care about all people, and he didn't, which is why I will always feel Reagan lacked soul.”

“We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king.”

“We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous.”

“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.”

“We have organized lobbyists in favor of Israel. You can't open your mouth. I can call the president of the United States anything in the book, but if you say one thing about Israel, and you're off limits.”

“I covered Kennedy when she was three years old and the darling daughter of President Kennedy who doted on her and whose mother did everything to protect her from the prying press.”

“I got into the Kennedy White House because at the time I was president of the Women's National Press Club, and they assigned me to cover the early days of the Kennedy campaign. Jackie especially. Everyone was interested in the family.”