All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
Helen Thomas

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.
Helen Thomas

Every President hates the Press.
Helen Thomas

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.
Helen Thomas

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.
Helen Thomas

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
Helen Thomas

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?
Helen Thomas

I'm covering the worst president in American history.
Helen Thomas

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.
Helen Thomas

It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.
Helen Thomas


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.
Helen Thomas

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.
Helen Thomas

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.
Helen Thomas

This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.
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.
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 won't really know what will happen until it happens.
Helen Thomas

When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.
Helen Thomas

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.
Helen Thomas